# In what ways are you still just a kid? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 6, 2015, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-are-you-still-just-a-kid/727139 "2015-08-06T08:43:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-are-you-still-just-a-kid/727139/61 "2015-08-07T23:25:10Z")
I jump up and down when I’m really excited. Like when I saw the shuttle following the space station across the sky one evening. I was so thrilled i jumped and squealed “That’s human beings up there! That’s US!” When I go to the beach, I HAVE to take my shoes off and walk in the water, no matter where we are. I touch stuff, in spite of having been told “look, but don’t touch”. I wanna find out what happens when I poke it, whatever it is. This has not always worked out well for me but as a child, I am impulse-driven. When I’m in a hurry, I run. I dress up my dogs. I dress myself up (Halloween, Mardi Gras, Carnival, St Patrick’s day . . ). I love milk. If I can ride it, I want to (roller coaster, helicopter, large pig . . .). ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-are-you-still-just-a-kid/727139/62 "2015-08-07T23:51:26Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > At home (never at work or in public; fear not), I hum little songs I make up on the spot. You’re not a kid, you’re Winnie the Pooh! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-are-you-still-just-a-kid/727139/63 "2015-08-08T01:02:27Z")
I like Kool-Aid. My Lionel Electric Trains are as important to me as anything I can think of. One of the advantages of living alone is the ability to leave the track all over the living room for days at a time. It takes me back to my grade school years. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-are-you-still-just-a-kid/727139/64 "2015-08-08T19:36:01Z")
> [@Abracadebra](#): > > I just bought a coloring book for adults. It’s wonderfully relaxing. I need one of these. I was looking at one the other day and didn’t buy it. I’m going to go back and get it, I still love to color. And a fresh new box of colored pencils will make me happy. I watch cartoons and animated movies. I eat sugar-bomb cereals. Fart jokes are funny. Farts are funny. I can’t sleep on Christmas Eve. I jump in puddles. I still have stuffed animals. I turned 40 last week and I’m still wondering how the hell that happened. ---
**Author:** ![SeniorCitizen007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@SeniorCitizen007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeniorCitizen007)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-are-you-still-just-a-kid/727139/65 "2015-08-08T20:09:36Z")
I like telling jokes children have dreamed up. What succeeds? A budgerigar with no teeth Why can’t you get aspirins in a chemist anymore? Parrot’s 'et 'm all ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-are-you-still-just-a-kid/727139/66 "2015-08-08T21:29:47Z")
I’m more of a child now then when I was a child, and I am much better at it and more comfortable with it too. Most of what i see is through the eyes of a child and I have been told that I have a heart of a child. ---
**Author:** ![HeXen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@HeXen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeXen)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-are-you-still-just-a-kid/727139/67 "2015-08-08T21:52:15Z")
I collect Transformers toys and put them on display for myself. Usually they go up in value too. Like my masterpiece Soundwave is now up towards $300. I just bought the Optimus Prime Playstation…transforms into a Playstation 1 console and controller with memory card. I have a little gaming area of my bedroom. I decorate it with gaming wallpapers or maps. My wife just rolls her eyes but puts up with it…not like she has a choice anyway lol. I also, on rare occasion, read children’s short stories…like the old choose your own adventures books and such things. Not sure if it’s nostalgia or lack of attention span for longer stories. Adult themed books just seems boring to me for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Corporal\_Nobbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Corporal\_Nobbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporal_Nobbs)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-are-you-still-just-a-kid/727139/68 "2015-08-08T23:34:21Z")
Kid ‘When I grow up I want to be a sailor’ mum ‘Im afraid you can’t do both son’ I’m a sailor… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-are-you-still-just-a-kid/727139/69 "2015-08-09T02:22:57Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > I’m more of a child now then when I was a child, and I am much better at it and more comfortable with it too. Most of what i see is through the eyes of a child and I have been told that I have a heart of a child. …in a bowl on your desk. I was THAT kind of kid. And I still am. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-are-you-still-just-a-kid/727139/70 "2015-08-09T02:34:06Z")
I still go to the window to look when I hear an airplane flying overhead. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-are-you-still-just-a-kid/727139/71 "2015-08-09T02:37:51Z")
My photo practically comes up on a Google search for “immature”. Let’s see… [ul] [li]STILL hate green vegetables and probably always will.[/li][li]Casual attitude towards keeping my room clean.[/li][li]Not the best work ethic with regards to household chores.[/li][li]A deep and abiding distrust of authority.[/li][li]A mulish stubbornness about being forced to do anything.[/li][li]A conviction that children are owed a better explanation than “because I said so”.[/li][li]Total sugar addict.[/li][li]Problems with patience and frustration.[/li][li]A tendency to dawdle.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-are-you-still-just-a-kid/727139/72 "2015-08-09T02:40:18Z")
^ And an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-are-you-still-just-a-kid/727139.md?page=3)