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The book is set in 1960s England… What else would they speak?
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I mean, one of them was German, and other than that it appeared to be a mix of British and American kids. >

Exactly. Put some respect on our bilingual king Augustus Gloop’s name OP! 🍫🇩🇪 >

Fun fact! Did you know the actress who played his mother (Save some room for later!) was in a porn right around that time? >

I didn't believe you, so I checked.  This appears to be true! >

I mean Michael Scott tried this and all the tickets went to the same company. >

Omg maybe that episode was really just to shine light on the fact that there is a reason that all the tickets wound up going to the same demographic >

Not really sure I’d consider Charlie Bucket and Veruca Salt as the same demographic. >

Presumably old mate got confused between demographic and age bracket >

Age is a demographic btw >

Ok. In the story, only Augustus Gloop and Mike Teavee are the same age (9), everyone else is a different age.
But why is it surprising that the main characters of a Roald Dahl Story are children? That’s kind of the point of all his children’s novels. 
There is also almost always an element of magic, or at least the unexplained-possibly-paranormal in his books. In the novel, adults around the world searched like crazy for those tickets, but of course Wonka knows children will be the recipients because his factory, and indeed his candies, are made for children, and their imaginations. The tickets themselves were intended for children, never an adult.
The real convenience of it all lies in the the book being written for a target audience, and that audience is children… therefore, characters they relate to. >

I wasn’t inherently disagreeing with you (I was responding to the person above who assumed you didn’t think age is a demographic), you can narrow the age demographic to whatever you want. I’d consider “children” to be a general age demographic, but if you want to split it up, that’s fair. 
Until your response, I didn’t think you were referring to their age, but other points of their demographic profile (SES, culture, location, etc). >

I’m sorry, I misunderstood! You are right in thinking I wasn’t referring to their age, btw. I agree they all fit an age demographic, but that’s hardly relevant compared to the social statuses Dahl has created for them. >

It's also incredibly convenient that Wonka's creepy-looking henchman was at the right time and place when all of them were discovered. Almost as if they were planted. >

Well there was nothing "incredibly convenient" about the winners being English speakers. That was about 99% of the UK at the time. >

Because the only place willy wonkas factory shipped to was within the United Kingdoms borders? >

Except in the film (never read the book) it was implied Wonka’s chocolates shipped out all over the world. I mean, Augustus Gloop was Austrian/German.
But yeah, the fact that it was all children who got it would be statistically improbable. >

Meh, more kids buy candy than adults, and every year there are more kids than adults. >

Right, but the candy wasn’t the main prize. You got a lifetime supply of chocolate which could be sold hand over fist, which I’m sure plenty of adults considered in their quest to find the golden tickets. And plus an exclusive tour of the world’s most mysterious and profitable candy company would almost truly be a once in a lifetime event, and you’re telling me some rich celebrity wouldn’t swoop in and offer any one of those children $10mil cash for the golden ticket, just to have the prestige of going to Wonka’s factory? Just doesn’t add up. >

True >

Happy Cake Day, Jan >

Happy what? >

It’s your cake day. Hence the little cake icon next to your username. >

It's because the thing was rigged from the start. Willy Wonka had no children of his own, so he was specifically looking for an heir to take over his empire. >

And a few to murder. >

As you do >

As is tradition >

As You Were - LG >

Considering the children were all horrible can you think of the uproar on what nationality gets what arsehole behaviour. >

I got the impression that Wonka had pretty elaborate plans for the kids, and selected them specifically to teach them lessons? >

Exactly. He chose Charlie, it was just the final test. >

In the gene wilder version, the candy store salesman admits he was hiding Wonka bars while they were auctioning for extreme prices.   Why would a man in the business of selling candy for profit do that?  Then, it's not until charlie says he wants to buy something for his grandfather that the candy seller chooses the type of bar for him, and that bar has the golden ticket.    
He knew he had it, and was intentionally holding it for somebody who wasn't buying for themselves. >

Charlie & the chocolate factory Lore >

Reminds me of how in Boruto, the main ladies of Naruto took a collective pregnancy pact to birth children in the same year. >

What the fuck >

That's not literally what happened.
The naruto cast just had children in the same class at the start of boruto. Which makes kind of sense because Naruto ends with a giant war and those make people have children historically but it's also obviously to have a story in which all the original characters are involved through their children.
But it's also so obviously contrived that people joke they all made a pact to get pregnant at the same time because otherwise it's too convenient that they all have children at close to the same age. >

The kids of Boruto are literal baby boomers