# Adult Dopers, what are your guilty (chidish) indulgences? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 26, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755 "2003-02-26T23:42:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/41 "2003-02-27T16:12:06Z")
I would take two pens, say of a different colour. Hold one in the right hand, hold the other in the left and pretend those are cool-looking swords. Then my left hand will duel with the right. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/42 "2003-02-27T16:46:03Z")
Hostess Chocolate Pies Really, anything Hostess. They’re so bad, but I don’t care. Twinkies, mmm. Crack in the sidewalk game. Fried bologna. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/43 "2003-02-27T17:49:50Z")
22 year old female checking in here. I love Harry Potter, and Roald Dahl’s books still. I also enjoy snowball fights, and just general silliness. I was away in Sweden last weekend for a ski-weekend. There were 40 of us in a kind of youth camp type setting, between the ages of 16-35. We had snowball fights on the ski slopes, put snow down people’s necks, and then when we got back to the place where we were staying, we had foam fights! I love acting like I’m 10 years old again! ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/44 "2003-02-27T18:26:43Z")
Kite flying, I love going out on a windy, hot summer day and making my kite whip all around the sky (I have a small nylon stunt kite) I am a 31 year old male. I also play video games on a fairly regular basis, but I only feel guilty about that when I should be working on or around the house 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/45 "2003-02-27T18:35:45Z")
Glad to see that I’m not the only one 🙂 LEGOS! How could I forget LEGOS! I wish I still had my collection, probably around a couple thousand blocks. Harry potter too. I finish all the books in about three hours each except the last one which took 6 hours. Hey, Innanna, what part of Ohio are you in? Im in N-E OH by Mentor. ---
**Author:** ![R\_inDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@R\_inDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R_inDog)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/46 "2003-02-27T18:41:21Z")
Male and 33. I have no problem with my watching a decent amount of anime, but playing games online with a bunch of self-admitted 15-year-olds can make me feel \* very \* weird sometimes 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Broodha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Broodha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broodha)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/47 "2003-02-27T18:42:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Roadwalker \* > \*\*I’ll see your Legos and raise you Duplos. > Also, for me, Dora the Explorer. \*\* Yes! I find Dora the Explorer totally mesmerizing. Actually hypnotic… I’m 26 years old. ---
**Author:** ![pendgwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/48 "2003-02-27T21:02:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kalhoun \* > \*\*Feet pajamas. Except I don’t actually have a pair at the moment. But I’m gonna git me some! \*\* I actually have some. Blue with shooting stars. They’re wonderfully fuzzy. And they’re the perfect thing to put on after a day outside making snow creations and having showball fights. On those rare occasions when we get snow in Seattle. ---
**Author:** ![Seldon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seldon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/49 "2003-02-27T21:33:40Z")
If I get my kids a box of Lucky Charms, I always get caught eating just the marshmellows and putting the cereal back in. ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/50 "2003-02-27T21:39:14Z")
Those Hirst Arts blocks look really kool! Ill have to get some sometime. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/51 "2003-02-27T23:07:10Z")
22 year old female here… - Kid’s books: Harry Potter, Lloyd Alexander, _Buffy_ spinoff novels, Francesca Lia Bock… - _Powerpuff Girls_. The show. The movie. The knapsack. - Two words: Hello. Kitty. - A children’s puppet show called _Nanaland_. Also: Playmobil figures depicting mythological creatures (ie Mermaids, fairies, etc), (private and rare) tantrums, too much candy at one time, spoiling my dinner, Disney’s \* Beauty and the Beast\*, my Cabbage Patch Kids Violet Fairy doll, jelly bracelets and other plastic jewellery, t-shirts with cartoon graphics on them. ---
**Author:** ![kirk280980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@kirk280980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk280980)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/52 "2003-02-28T00:12:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > \*\*22 year old female checking in here. I love Harry Potter, and Roald Dahl’s books still. I also enjoy snowball fights, and just general silliness. \*\* YES! I read all Roald Dahl’s books as a kid, and still have a copy of Matilda at home. Very clever and witty writer, and the humour in his books has a certain “bite” which I appreciate more as an adult. You can’t beat a bit of general silliness, either. It’s something my best friend and I have in common, and he’s 46. We talk about the most inane things, in silly voices, usually while pulling faces at each other. And we do this in public, too. No wonder people always give us funny looks… they probably think we’re on day release from the nuthouse. ---
**Author:** ![kirk280980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@kirk280980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk280980)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/53 "2003-02-28T00:18:42Z")
My best friend and I often indugle in childish behaviour… and he’s 46. We talk about the most inane things, in silly voices, usually while pulling faces at each other. We even do this in public. No wonder people give us funny looks… they probably think we’re on day release from the local nuthouse. ---
**Author:** ![kirk280980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@kirk280980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk280980)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/54 "2003-02-28T00:20:51Z")
Bugger… must learn to press Submit at the right time when editing posts! ---
**Author:** ![Harli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@Harli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harli)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/55 "2003-02-28T01:55:58Z")
**Batman**. Anything and everything Batman. I have Batman bedsheets, pillow cases, t-shirts, underwear, UnderRoos, toys, figures, plush figures, collector’s edition comic books, colouring books, paint-by-number books, sticker books, stickers, a Batman pinata hanging in my dining room. I even got an adult sized latex Batman cowl for Christmas this year. I watch Superfriends, Justice League, Batman Beyond, and Batman: the Animated Series. I am a 24 year old female…and never got to play with “boy toys” when I was younger, so I indulge now. ---
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/56 "2003-02-28T03:10:05Z")
I’m female, 19. - Blowing bubbles - Painting nails - Reading Asterix - Reading my fave novels from when I was a kid (Roald Dahl, Enid Blyton etc) - Harry Potter - Doing cartwheels in the park - Eating sherbet and gummy worms - Sleep with a teddy - Can’t sleep after watching scary movies Woah! I really do sound like a kid! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/57 "2003-02-28T04:36:14Z")
Female, less than two months shy of 26… - I sleep with a stuffed animal. A very beraggled “newborn baby Simba.” I worry about replacing it when it falls apart. - my brother (almost 20) and I occasionally play with his legos. - I collect barbies, specifically the kid/baby ones. I want the [Happy Family](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2912975256&category=15953) line very badly. I can’t say I collect them for aesthetic value since I occasionally play with them still… - While I don’t consider reading YA books immature, since a professer once remarked that anyone avoids them for fear of being childish is doing themselves a disservice, I enjoy shows aimed at people much younger than I: **24seven; Being Eve; Degrassi: The Next Generation; So Weird…** Oh and **Dawson’s Creek** has been one of my favorite shows since college. OTOH, the wb says DC’s desired audience _is_ 18-32, so maybe that’s not so bad 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zumpel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/bb73d2/32.png) [@Zumpel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zumpel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/58 "2003-02-28T14:52:53Z")
male , 30 - saturday morning superhero cartoon shows (if I’m still/again awake) - painting with my hands (…no wait… that’s avantgarde, not childish… :smack: ) - eating habbits. once in a while you gotta loose the common sense and get yourself the old jam & salami on toasted white sandwich, or something similar excessive. (…great… now I’m hunfry) ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/59 "2003-02-28T15:38:15Z")
My name is **Skerri** , and I have lots of childish habits. I love Judy Blume, the Cartoon Network, Spongebob Squarepants, Dexter’s Laboratory, Fat Albert, impromptu breakdancing fits when cars with loud music drive by, Silly String, grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner, answering the phone with a silly voice, and using the word “poop” frequently and with great authority. There is more, but I think I will tarnish my reputation at another time. ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-dopers-what-are-your-guilty-chidish-indulgences/157755/60 "2003-02-28T19:12:49Z")
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