Lego, elephants and how to behave in public.

I was out to lunch with P (funny bunny) today when he turned to me and said 

"Are you doing that just to annoy me?" 

I wasn't actually, I was occasionally  walking behind him rather than next to him so that people going in the opposite direction could get past.  But as soon as he said this I couldn't stop myself from spending the rest of the walk back to the office walking behind him and copying everything he did.  Prior to  this I had been lunging down the road while P (funny bunny) kind of looked embarrassed and pretended not to know me. 

 It made me start thinking about a conversation I have with myself and/or other people every now and again.  About if you ever stop being an idiot in public, and also about appropriate behaviour for certain situations (weddings).  I have had this conversation in the past with my friend Davy. I hypothesized that when you go to The Warehouse and you don't even think about going into the toy aisle to look at lego then you have grown up.  Davy probably said something very intelligent or witty (he's very intelligent and witty) but I'm not a very good listener so I have no idea what it was.  But I do think it was something about new boardgames. 

I just had another think about lego though and I think the reason why I stopped looking at it was because it isn't as good as it used to be and doesn't encourage creativity as much. Nothing to do with being a grown up possibly.

I might have to think about lego some more, and when I go back to NZ hang out with my nephews (and their toys).

So anyway, I turned to google to try find some answers, but it was kind of boring and my short attention span meant I wanted to watch soapmentaries about hoarders on youtube instead.  I have decided that rather than grow up, I probably just need to act more professionally at work. I will try to refrain from making noises like an injured elephant (a co-worker told me this is what I sound like) when I get frustrated about my projects.  I think it is still ok for me to make noises like a robot though.

 Image: Lyn Gateley

I was looking for an image of an elephant robot but then I got distracted and saw this and I was all "Whoaaaa!!" in my head.  

Also, dinosaurs are cool.