What is the most childish thing you have done as an adult? An article in The Times the other day prompted me to do something which was remarkably childish. The story related to a group of school children in the UK who released a number of helium balloons and asked people to return them if they found them. Most were found within a few miles of the launch site, but one found its way to China, where upon the Chinese gentleman returned it by post to the school. He was then interviewed by the newspaper, and I just thought 'wow, what a fascinating story'. So, with my email address attached to a piece of card, and a helium balloon in hand...... I let one off myself! -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

Derek White wrote: > What is the most childish thing you have done as an adult? An article > in The Times the other day prompted me to do something which was > remarkably childish. The story related to a group of school children > in the UK who released a number of helium balloons and asked people > to return them if they found them. Most were found within a few miles > of the launch site, but one found its way to China, where upon the > Chinese gentleman returned it by post to the school. He was then > interviewed by the newspaper, and I just thought 'wow, what a > fascinating story'. > So, with my email address attached to a piece of card, and a helium > balloon in hand...... > > I let one off myself! If you don't mind me saying so, I don't find that in the least bit childish. Childlike, maybe, but certainly not childish. -- Enzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.

"Derek White" <southernmanx2@talktalk.net> wrote in message news:46fcdae5$0$26375$88260bb3@free.teranews.com... > What is the most childish thing you have done as an adult? An article in > The Times the other day prompted me to do something which was remarkably > childish. The story related to a group of school children in the UK who > released a number of helium balloons and asked people to return them if > they found them. Most were found within a few miles of the launch site, > but one found its way to China, where upon the Chinese gentleman returned > it by post to the school. He was then interviewed by the newspaper, and I > just thought 'wow, what a fascinating story'. > > So, with my email address attached to a piece of card, and a helium > balloon in hand...... > > I let one off myself! My ex-son-in-law was chastising my grandson for making a mess eating spaghetti-o's. I listened for a few minutes and thought enough was enough...so I took a bowl of them, mashed my face in them and proceeded to eat them down. We ended up in a food fight that was totally cool...until my daughter came in...the old fuddy-duddy.

"Enzo Matrix" <enzo55@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:5dedncnMx_gs0GDbnZ2dnUVZ8q-rnZ2d@giganews.com... > If you don't mind me saying so, I don't find that in the least bit > childish. Childlike, maybe, but certainly not childish. > > I'll let you know if anyone sends me an email saying they found it. Knowing my luck, it burst 2 miles south and collapsed in a heap in the waters of the Solent:-( -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

Derek White wrote: > What is the most childish thing you have done as an adult? An article > in The Times the other day prompted me to do something which was > remarkably childish. The story related to a group of school children > in the UK who released a number of helium balloons and asked people > to return them if they found them. Most were found within a few miles > of the launch site, but one found its way to China, where upon the > Chinese gentleman returned it by post to the school. He was then > interviewed by the newspaper, and I just thought 'wow, what a > fascinating story'. > So, with my email address attached to a piece of card, and a helium > balloon in hand...... > > I let one off myself! But when did you let the balloon go? Now THAT'S childish!! -- Gary Jackson My Generation 60s radio - www.sixtiesradio.co.uk Dark Side Of The Moon - www.classicrockradio.co.uk