Are all of those kids your roommates?

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Yes, I live in a kindergarten.

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I love kids like that.

And by "love" I mean "run away from".

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i know this feeling well. once while snorkeling in the great barrier reef, i was lucky enough to spot a huge sea turtle. after watching it swim for a few minutes [one of the most incredible things i have ever seen] i made the mistake of pointing it out to a man and his son nearby, so that they could enjoy it from a distance as well. well as you can guess the kid got all excited and called over about 5 of his friends, who then proceeded to swim up to, poke, push and generally annoy the shit out of this turtle as it clearly tried to swim away. i told the father that perhaps the children shouldn't be doing this and his reply was something like "meh it's probably used to it by now"

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What a bunch of little jerks! Kids are the future, and the future is going to suck!

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yea, they are probably all going to be CEO's.

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I hate the zoo for that reason.
Try going to the zoo to sketch the animals. It's like the comic exactly, except everyone is going "WOW LOOK AT THE LADY SKETCH GIRAFFES" and then you have all this pressure to draw something good. :( Day ruined.

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Clearly, that's the point you instead draw a giant penis. I mean, it's a giraffe: it isn't that much work to change it. Especially if the giraffe is vomiting.

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Can giraffes vomit?? Their necks are so long, I'm not sure if the stomach juice can make it all the way up! That'd have to be some spectacular heave.

But yeah, thats a good idea. Next time I get unwanted attention, I'm adding dongs regardless of what I'm drawing.

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That's something I've certainly never thought about til today...giraffes heaving...

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And by "obvious," I obviously mean "obviously."

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I just got sent home from work cos I'm sick, I shouldn't have looked at that..

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Actually, giraffes, like typical ruminant species, need to re-chew their food a few times so it goes up and down a few times a process called regurgitation eg vomiting!

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That is what I'm going to do next time I'm in public and someone comes over to look at my drawing. Without QUESTION

Last time I was life-drawing in public I was on a research trip at the arch in London that seperates the mall and trafalgar square, drawing some of the statues. There was an old dude there drawing the arch who had been there all day and kids were looking at his stuff going WOO! OOH! AH!

Then they'd over to look at my drawing and go HUH. or OH. I'm just going to keep a big drawing of a member in the back of my sketchbook and make it look like I was working on that the whole time.

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Just like the little bastards on the train today on the way to the aquarium (I get out the stop before the aquarium; the train virtually empties the stop before mine, so it was me, a gang of annoying little shits, and two adults who clearly didn't give a fuck and sat as far away from their own kids as possible.)
I think you've perfectly captured that way they have of one of them saying something, then the rest of them repeating the exact same thing but louder and more excitedly.

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Wow you really hate kids huh

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Looks like the animals were on the wrong side of the fence...

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Have you ever gone to the beach and tossed a scrap of food to a seagull? This is exactly like that.

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Last semester I went to the aquarium for a school project. I was trying to get pictures of the exhibits and little elementary school buggers kept getting in my way. (Someone in my group didn't come through with the day passes so I had to pay 21 bucks to get in, too.)

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Did the walrus have its bucket stolen?

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Me in that situation: "You know, that walrus was either kidnapped from her mother who was killed in the wild or born in captivity and subsequently sold to this location, breaking the mother-child bond, all in order to produce entertainment in the form of imprisoned beasts whose most basic freedoms are subverted to serve trivial human interests. Your parents are supporting this by buying you a ticket, and it's your fault."

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This sure looks like a real story.

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And yet there wasn't even anything in the paddock...

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clearly, you are irresistible.

as much as that walrus.

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Children need to be kept in cages! Why is this hard for people to understand.

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Tell me about it.

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Wow! Hey guys, look! A Nedroid at the zoo! A NEDROID!

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I love this so much

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Man, can I ever relate.

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You went to the zoo too?

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Everyone was giving me attention but all I wanted to do was enjoy a Pop Tart. It was horrible.

...The experience I mean, not the Pop Tart.

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On the island I grew up on, we had many colorful tropical fish to chase around and annoy if you were inclined to snorkel with them. For those tourists who couldn't or didn't want to swim, there was a submarine you could ride around in.

The only time I was on it there happened to be a shark swimming around my window. I quietly pointed it out to my little cousin and she squealed, "Wow! Shark!"

Suddenly, EVERY TOURIST on the sub clamored on to my lap so they could get a photo of the shark! I think the sub must have shifted it's course with all the weight that suddenly shifted to my side. I suppose there are albums filled with photos of a haole girl with crimped hair and her cheeks squished against the glass.

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But at least the shark felt very popular for a moment.

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i am going to the zoo on saturday to pet the
mini-pigs, and i'm kind of dreading this scenario.
i'm oldfash; of the "seen not heard" skool.

they should have an adult-only day of the month.
robots allowed, natch. *snort*

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I read that "A Natural Habitat for Shrieking Chicken" and then was immensely confused that the chicken had hair.

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That inevitably happens at the zoo

Once, I was watching the lions at the zoo, and it was nice, and then some children started climbing all over the glass so that no one behind them could see the lions anymore. I loudly insulted the children, and started to leave... when I looked back, a couple of the kids were being scolded

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