Overheard in bathroom at California Academy of Science
We visited the California Academy of Science this holiday weekend. Way too crowded! The best part was this conversation between a five-year old boy and his dad in the men's restroom...
Boy: Are these automatic toilets?
Dad: Nope!
Boy: Wait. Yes they are! I don't have to go.
Dad: You came in here for a reason. You must have to go. Don't worry they won't make a loud noise.
Boy: I don't like the loud noise! It's scary! I don't want to go...
Dad [coaxing]: Here just come up close to the urinal...
Boy: Why so close?
Dad [nudging boy closer]: A little closer you have to get close enough to pee
Boy: [sniffling sounds, then peeing sounds]
Boy: How does it know I'm here?
Dad: There's a sensor on the top. See?
[I finish, the boy finishes, then I step back and mine flushes... it's quite loud. The boy covers his ears and kind of ducks when my toilet flushes and I say...]
Me: See? That wasn't so bad.
Boy [puffing out chest]: Actually, I'm five! I LIKE loud noises!
That was my favorite part of the trip :-) The museum itself is an incredible building with amazing wildlife inside, but the gripes were pretty significant. They let way too many people in. There were lines for everything. We didn't even get to the indoor rain-forest because there was a crazy line for it. Bah.
My other grip is the exhibits didn't have enough information. I was staring at a tank full of alligator gars (really big fish!) for a few minutes and the placard had just one sentence about the fish "A large fresh-water fish that feeds on other fish". You don't say?
Here's a picture of us on the living roof:
And here's a picture of a HUGE sea bass. Did you know they can live to 100 years old?!
