Can confirm, their mom carried me to school often, and only required infrequent lubrication. Wasn't great up hills though

That's such an insult to my mom, she's way more of a train gal.

Mom, no!

They're downvoted because it's nonsense.

The point of that phrase is to point out the ridiculousness of relating two completely unrelated items.

In this case, land mass on top of land mass is a relevant comparison, to help people who understand American geography to visualise European geography. To relate it to their own experience, and grasp why European powers see the invasion of Ukraine as a threat to themselves as well. So the phrase doesn't work. It's nonsense. Therefore, not constructive to the discussion and being downvoted.

Yeah I don't know. I was just making a joke. I don't really care either. I've come to terms with the fact that text on the internet doesn't always translate very well.

Also there's a lot of people here who lack a sense of humor and are very into trains.