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Kurska

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18. Wonderful quote
Wed May 23, 2012, 04:39 AM
May 2012

"Critics who treat adult as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."

-C. S. Lewis

Can one rent a child there?? Angry Dragon May 2012 #1
I doubt it, but you can always offer to take someone else's child or volunteer to accompany a group JDPriestly May 2012 #14
That sounds like the precise reason why the policy was introduced. Nihil May 2012 #23
I'm OK with this Alcibiades May 2012 #2
You know what's pathetic? 2ndAmForComputers May 2012 #8
I had such a hard time putting away my toys. I just could not stop playing. JDPriestly May 2012 #15
That's great Alcibiades May 2012 #35
I'm okay with it, too. I wish the San Diego one would adopt the same policy. It was really creepy IndyJones May 2012 #11
what is wrong with adult men watching children play? uncle ray May 2012 #13
Why "adult men"? Some of us women like to play with LEGOs too. JDPriestly May 2012 #16
I don't think they were talking about women playing with Lego Alcibiades May 2012 #36
Exactly. IndyJones May 2012 #66
Ohhh! JDPriestly May 2012 #69
I wasn't talking about playing with Legos. Knock yourself out and play with Legos all you want. IndyJones May 2012 #67
I would like to believe that there's nothing wrong with this Alcibiades May 2012 #29
I'm glad you know what people are thinking neohippie May 2012 #44
What about when an alcoholic walks into a bar Alcibiades May 2012 #60
I don't claim to know what they are thinking neohippie May 2012 #62
A bit of an occupational hazard Alcibiades May 2012 #63
it is always better to err on the side of caution neohippie May 2012 #64
Yes, most of the "worst of the worst" Alcibiades May 2012 #65
99% of the time nothing 4th law of robotics May 2012 #42
Wonderful quote Kurska May 2012 #18
That's certainly true Alcibiades May 2012 #30
+100 sinkingfeeling May 2012 #31
Really? An adult playing with LEGO is pathetic? eggplant May 2012 #22
I play with Lego all the time Alcibiades May 2012 #32
You're very intolerant Ter May 2012 #53
What's pathetic is the boorishness of adults Alcibiades May 2012 #61
By implication... eggplant May 2012 #58
Actually, I specifically said something very different Alcibiades May 2012 #59
On one had I can see that they are trying to protect children from perhaps persons that might lookingfortruth May 2012 #3
Let's call this what it t-i-is. It's age discrimination, dammit! TheDebbieDee May 2012 #7
LEGO is hurting itself. Lots of adults would buy lots of LEGOs for themselves if they would change JDPriestly May 2012 #17
Adults can and do buy lots of lego for themselves Alcibiades May 2012 #37
come to think of it, if they wanted to play the odds protect the kids from molestation MisterP May 2012 #43
I never what to go back to that hellish place with my kid, let alone by myself! SunSeeker May 2012 #4
Soon they won't let unaccompanied adults into G rated movies pstokely May 2012 #6
There's a reason for that, too Alcibiades May 2012 #38
Spot on! I can't imagine any normal adult going there unless their kid really wanted to go. IndyJones May 2012 #12
Agree - we have 2 kids under 10 TBF May 2012 #28
I have to speak up... MountainMama May 2012 #48
Not sure why you're jumping on me when SEVERAL threads TBF May 2012 #49
I was a bit upset MountainMama May 2012 #50
I see - TBF May 2012 #51
I hope MountainMama May 2012 #52
Not at all - TBF May 2012 #54
What? MountainMama May 2012 #55
It was crazy - it was sort of a partitioned area off to the side TBF May 2012 #56
I wasn't taken to a separate area... MountainMama May 2012 #57
Liability, Liability, Liability Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2012 #5
Nine year olds, dude. Nine year olds. callous taoboy May 2012 #46
Utterly idiotic - but it'll change. Daemonaquila May 2012 #9
Free babysitting by Lego Fans? I see a business model albeit not for profit. Monk06 May 2012 #10
It's the Disney Store all over again... AmyDeLune May 2012 #19
But did they ban adults with kids from the stores? pstokely May 2012 #21
That has never happened with the Disney Store. Where are you getting that info from? IndyJones May 2012 #68
craigslist n/t rucky May 2012 #20
I think they are worried about pedos. Odin2005 May 2012 #24
Yet another wonderful storm in a teacup. Nihil May 2012 #25
Children's Fairyland in Oakland has had that policy since it opened in the 50's. mulsh May 2012 #26
This is what the flip-side of no-child policies at restaurants and airlines looks like... LanternWaste May 2012 #27
If Disney did that, their parks business would fold in a couple of months Roland99 May 2012 #33
Some Chucky Cheese resaurants won't allow adults without children Freddie Stubbs May 2012 #34
There is an adults only night KurtNYC May 2012 #39
College fund opportunity for teenagers. yellowcanine May 2012 #40
I'm guessing it's to keep out the perverts? 4th law of robotics May 2012 #41
I have seen it all now, adults on DU bitching about not being able to play with legos snooper2 May 2012 #45
This is likely about creating a safe space for kids as much as anything . . . markpkessinger May 2012 #47
While I understand the motivation for the policy, all I can think about Butterbean May 2012 #70
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