[Closed] Grow up FFS

I try and pull little endo's whenever I stop on my bike.

I make whooping noises whenever I get more than six inches of air.

Whenever it snows I drive to an empty supermarket car park and do donuts and handbrake turns.

I'm 34 and 1/2

Just checked out the Lego on Amazon, I really need the [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/LEGO-Technic-8421-Mobile-Crane/dp/B00097E4JW/ref=sr_1_3?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1320659241&sr=1-3 ]LEGO Technic 8421: Mobile Crane[/url]. Pity it's nearly 700gbp!

Although the over 3000 pieces of the £1,795.96 Imperial Star Destroyer would be fun, too.

Along with the perennial favourite, farting:

One of my proudest moments as a dad was teaching my eldest how to blow bubbles in a glass of milk.

And I like shooting cars with the "triggers" on my motorbike when they get in my way on the motorway. With a badda-badda-badda noise FTW.

Surfing trollies is great. Its in my families genes. I do it (57), my son does it (25) and my dad flipped one in Tescos at the age of 67! Wife and daughter tut like submarine sonar.

Also son and I leapfrog post boxes or high bollards. Again started by my old man (who died before son was born). As he his now bigger and stronger than me I have taken to practising on my own. Not quite got to doing reccie trips yet, but it won't be long.

I regularly give my missus a dutch oven

If I'm shopping with my missus and she's in a changing room trying something on and I'm standing outside the changing room, in my head I pretend she's a super rich socialite and I'm her bodyguard and I scan the shop for any potential assailants. 😳

33 and 10/12ths

I'm so overcome by the sense of wellbeing that I have with the world after reading this thread

+1 It's giving me a great sense of relief that all the 'stupid' 'immature' behaviour I indulge in is apparently normal for someone aged 49.

Let's be absolutely clear, this isn't immaturity. It's the very essence of life. Whether it's surfing trollers or whatever, don't ever stop doing it. I bet that for every scowling Victor Meldrew there will be 10 grannies secretly smiling as we drift past them into the tower of beans.

When I'm on the road bike, on a little muddy lane, in the 53, on the rivet, I like to pretend I'm Sean Kelly in a spring classic

I still laugh at seeing "Brest" in France on in-flight maps 🙂 Oh and when it snows me and my mates go "signboarding" which is kind of like wakeboarding but on snow and you ride an estate agent sign tied to the back of a car in an empty car park. I'm only 22 though so I think this stuff is still acceptable.

Drifting trolleys and then locking the arms across the supermarket is standard practice for all men I think.
On my last holiday me and my GF spent 2 hours jumping off a jetty in various poses then climbing back to do it again.
I have spent the last summer practising my kicking in the back garden so I can now land a rugby ball into the patio so it stops before it hits the fence.

Lunge, 30 and 11 months.

This thread keeps making me chuckle!

Another here - I HAVE to BACKFLIP in to water on holiday. Off a watr ski pontoon, a yacht, whatever...

Supermarket trollies *tick*
Finger pulling trouser tomfoolery (4 year old daugter is now also an expert practitioner) *tick*
Marks on the car windscreen as gun-sights *tick*
Cardboard tube light-sabers/digeridoos *tick*
Matching nerf guns for self, son (aged 5) and daughter (aged 4) *tick*

Have also taught the kids to differentiate between and loudly announce the presence of dog-eggs* and dog-toffee** while out and about - MrsG does not approve.

*well formed and intact
**squidgy or 'stood-in'

Aged fourty three and three quaters

I look around in banks in case I can foil a heist

My fave "WakeUp" at the weekend is watching kids cartoons.
Classics excepted my faves curently are (in no order)

Phineus and Ferb
Kim Possible
The League of Super Evil

I am rather a fan of Disney.

It's my firm belief that ANY sandwich is improved by pouring a whole packet of crisps to it and crunching the whole lot down.

I also still wave at buses and trains.

33 and a half.

iDave - Member
I look around in banks in case I can foil a heist

i do the opposite. You know the scene in the first Bourne film when he's surveying the cafe, finding the exit, working out who can handle themselves, who is most likely to have a gun..? That's me in public buildings.

I also like to check out where cctv cameras are in shops.

I'm 36 and pondering my first BMX. Me laddo is getting one for chrimbo...why can't I..?

When the green man appears at a pedestrian crossing, I have to be the first person to reach the other side

I like to do the traffic light grand prix thing, so sit there revving the engine if a boy racer turns up next to me, but then as the traffic lights turn, pull off as slowly as I possibly can, watching the boy racer have an anti climax. Keeps me amused, but only works with someone (wife/kids) in the passenger seat.
Also tell the kids (22, 20 and 18) to stand up when we're going up a hill to make the car lighter.

+1 for shopping trollies.

I also like to ride my bike around a lot, bit like I did when I was 12

aged 44 and 11 months

Singletrack = speederbikes from Return of the Jedi.

Puddles, the bigger the better, even more fun if you hang back from the pack and scream "PUDDLE" as you ride into it flat out, timing your plunge so that a lady victim is next to the puddle.

Always get excited when I see another plane in the air during a flight!

And, the cross hairs appear......

I only park on the upstairs car-park at our local tesco as the shiny surface makes 70's car chase noises as you turn, and then I'll finish off with a little hand brake skid into the parking space.

I'll then proceed to walk on the escalator/ramp thing at the pace which makes you appear stationary.

I like to re-arrange the spice jars in tesco that have the big letters on the front to make rude words on the shelf.

I run the taps/flush the loo to make the shower cold for my girlfriend.

If I hear the word 'beaver' I laugh all day ('cos of THAT joke from Naked Gun).

The word 'gusset' makes me s****.

Funny place/road names - there's a Cock Lane not far from me tee hee hee

I just went for lunch, Babybels now come with a cute little red dish that you can put your cheese in and nuke it so it melts... yummy!

When my best man said he wanted to buy us something for our wedding present that we'd have for a long time, I suggested Scalextric.

27 at the time, still no kids 5 years later but a cracking Scalextric setup 🙂

Do we all need to grow up if we're sitting in the office s****ing away as we read this thread?

I own a full set of stormtrooper armour, 7 lightsabers have a r/c helicopter, car & tank ! Age 38 1/2

Yep, turning into a classic this thread

Ok, I admit I might occasionally..

Crank up the volume and pretend I'm playing to a crowd of thousands

Twist the bars and make a 'revving her up' sound

Sing the 'Hawaii Five-O' theme tune whilst twisting through technical singletrack

And week before last.. when youngest (11 yr old tom boy) daughter asked if I would help her and her mates with their den in the woods build: had so much fun I had trouble not showing myself up as secretly wishing I was 11 again. Especially seeing the looks on their faces when we found a badger skeleton. Cool!

My mate built a tree house for his son, then promptly spent the first night sleeping in it.. His son (6) was furious, so was his wife come to think of it.

I ACTUALLY NEED THIS!

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No seriously I do.

Forty three [i]thousand[/i] pieces. 😯

I outsprint Steve Ovett on a regular basis 😯 (when he was in his heyday of course!(

I think, if I'd built that, I'd look as smug as he does.

Just thought of another. My gf likes to give me obscure words or phrases to try and fit into my lectures. It always makes me smile when i do it.

I [i]still[/i] mentally recite the theme tune to Airwolf, not just on swoopy singletrack, but during any activity that involves weaving between things (e.g. just walking down a busy street and yes, pushing supermarket trolleys)

Sometime I catch myself leaning in a bit too noticeably as Santini says "They're right behind us String" and I have to take evasive action.

When my kids mention one of their friends by their first name I have to make up a stupid last name. For example:
Daughter 'You know Leah?'
Sparkle 'Leah Jet?'

'Gail.'
'Gail Forcewind?'

Sparkle
49

God, yeah, I do that or something similar - like sing a song with their name in. Luckily, he's only 9 so still finds it funny 🙂

Anyone else pull off some rad trolley 360 action?

I work part time at a supermarket and I've lost count of the amount of times I've been told off by managers for doing this 😳 😀

I also like to make up random lines of conversation when walking past people just to see if they're listening, stuff like 'and then I farted so hard I pooped a bit' 😀

I gaffer taped sparklers to my bike when solo night riding on Saturday night and made noises like the millenium falcon as I whooshed downhill.

Unfortunately they only lasted 30secs to I had to revert to motorbike noises to keep the scary night beasties away.

ps I'm 43

I still buy books of Peanuts cartoons.
I make up songs about our cat, including the word "fluffy" as often as possible..or ideally "fwuffy".
When I undress for bed, I have to flick my underpants off my toe and catch them on my head. My wife hates this - but she's jealous because she can't do it properly.
46 and three quarters.

When my kids mention one of their friends by their first name I have to make up a stupid last name. For example:
Daughter 'You know Leah?'
Sparkle 'Leah Jet?'

Nicholas.

"... Girlsshouldntclimbtrees?

When asked, "Have you farted?" I will always reply, "No. Would you like me to?"

WOW i need to pull this one.

5 jaffa cakes dispatched in less than 1 minute. beating my three kids. get in there....

Still 45

Reading this thread i really hope I get worse with age!

It's been the first thread in a long time thats made me proper lol!
Thanks all x

Juan, de rien mon vieux!

Pleased to report that several enemy planes were destroyed over the North East of the US this morning...! They strayed in to the crosshairs, you see 🙂

Another - When standing at a pedestrian crossing, pressing the button blows up whatever vehicle is on the crossing at that point. KABOOM!

5 jaffa cakes dispatched in less than 1 minute. beating my three kids. get in there....

With respect, I don't think you're really trying. I'll have to have a go at that.

You just try cougar. Do your best with a quintet of little deviant cakes.

I like to re-arrange the spice jars in tesco that have the big letters on the front to make rude words on the shelf.

AMAZING, I want to go shopping now just to do this

Toast.