Finally made it to the Frankfurt zoo today. I think it was on my to do list for about 2 years, I just never ventured there…(next up Palmengarten).
anyways the funniest thing was the excitement of the 4 year old (ok 20 something) I was with who got excited at every new animal and had to say hello to every animal that made eye contact…twas quite refreshing and nice in a weird sort of way 😉

I didn’t realize I had so many animal stories…most of them involved the coast (where i grew up). The petting zoo with the poo throwing gorilla in Bandon, the seal who I scared while sea kayaking, Free willy, the pets I had while growing up.
if only I had thrown in the New Carissa and the dynamiting the whale story in 1969 with Mike Donahue reporting it would have been the holy grail of Oregon Coast stories…

me: Hey look a peacock…Old people are fond of peacocks
4 y.o.: are you fond of peacocks?
me: no
4 y.o.: see you’re not old!
from now on this will be known as the peacock test, but it may have flaws. The peacock test may have to be revised to the “are you really really old” test.
The plain old “old test” might have to be changed into a multi part questionnaire involving questions about soup, matlock, Shakespeare, religion, 60’s music etc.