I went to a BBQ on Saturday, naturally it rained! As a result we had the BBQ in the carport, along the roof of this carport there were strings with clothes pegs clipped too them, obviously for drying clothes on days like these.
As an experiment I clipped a cooked chicken wing to one of the pegs about 4 feet above the food laden table and sat back to observe (I have such an exciting life).
I Idly wondered:
- How many people would see it and ask why it was there?
- How many people would see it, but not say or do anything about it?
- Would anyone actually take it down?
Over the next half hour most present saw it, looked puzzled for a moment then continued with what they were doing.
Basic Stats of those there old enough to talk;
- ages 24 months to 63 years.
- 50:50 boys to girls
- 50:50 adult to children
it took half an hour before my Granddaughter turning four who had been sitting on a step looking at the chicken wing, clearly demanded to know why it was there.
I simply told her it had been flying in the rain and we were just drying it before it continued – she looked at me, said “granddad, you are a retard dork’ and went off to play.
suddenly everybody was making bad jokes about it, but i wonder how long it would have sat there, ignored?
Do we start losing our ability to question as we get older, does politeness over ride the need to know, do we just start to accept things as a baby does?
Would YOU have questioned the chicken wing?