I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).

How so? 19 = x^1 + 9. Easily substitutes correctly for any age over 18 (or else the 9 digit is forbidden)

Andy

Aren't the neighbours a bit fed up with the same old music yet?

G.Harman

Ignore it. Age is just a number, not a state.

That age changes depending on what I am doing.

There is nothing wrong with acting the prat, being a nuisance and generally ignoring authority. I have been told that it it is part of growing up:-)

Yep....Agreed.

Which is why I am 29 and 294 months innit !

It was a woman that told me to grow up. She must have been right as her Mother agreed with her:-)

And did you rise to their expectations?

Owain

Only been there once - not at the same time - and they were both younger than me.

It's called neoteny. Allegedly one of the things that distinguishes us from the other animals.

Not necessarily. You might be counting in Mars/Saturn/Pluto years as required.

Dogs are the same. Floppy ears only occur in wolf pups. For example.

Dogs are bred to remain puppyish for the whole of their lives.

Alexander Lamaison wrote: I'd rather be a foolish child than a miserable

Of course I was pissed and I cannot be expected to remember every stupid and childish thing I did on Saturday night.

I do remember getting thown out of a pub for doing star jumps on the dance floor (I won that bet) and I know I climbed some up some scaffolding and pretended to be a monkey before I went out (that was to amuse a 10 year old child).

And the other thing she said was "your friends are as daft as you" - well of course they are - that's why they are my friends.

And cats. Grown up wild cats do not meow, only kittens do. They remain in a kitten state when being bred and/or treated as pets. Very interesting documentary about this last year sometime. It also explained how to "horse whisper" by using their horse body language to assert dominance without threatening them in order to revert them to "foal" mode. Simon.

I wish I had seen that one. However

BTW, manis RIP, died a week last tuesday

Sorry to hear that - she was quite a character.

I liked the way you said you did not like her begging for food when your were eating and then gave her a nice tasty morsel from your plate:-).