Mr Kimble

A friend used to call me Mr Kimble (the same one that calls me Madness now, by the way...) because of the movie "Kindergarten Cop"...

Explaining. I don't know why, but for some reason kids, especially those aged around 4 to 8 seem to like playing with me. Some examples were when travelling with a group my aunt gathered. There were 2 kids (brother and sister), and for a good part of the trip they were trying to play some game with me... Another one was in a party in the building where I live. Again, kids playing with me (to the point they dragged me out of a conversation to play...). So, "Mr. Kimble", whom the liks liked and trusted (after some time).

I usually don't complain. It's often fun anyway, and way better than if they dislike you. I just wonder why exactly me... Do I have something that attracts them? I'd like to know... I've heard that's because I'm too kind... But how it explains that some choose me even before even talking to me?

So, why this topic all of a sudden? Well, while I was in Japan, I didn't have meny opportunities to be next to kids, so I forgot about that a little... and, besides, my "attractive power" didn't seem to work there. So, whatever. But last Tuesday I was returning from a visit to some Japanese teachers when one of them offered a ride home, since she'd have to pick her daughter and some of her friends at school...

Kids are noisy, right? But some (or most?) aren't when close to people they don't know, right? Ok, so the car was really quiet at the beginning... only. When I was dropped we were playing a game to catch each other's thumb finger... And there comes Mr Kimble again...