Today we picked up one kind of animal then went to visit all kinds of other animals.
The first animal I'm taking about is @yangvonpang. The other animals were those we saw in the Dublin zoo. Both kinds were entertaining, but I couldn't go out drinking with the zoo animals later so I guess Yang wins the day as the best kind of animal to find in Dublin.
The Dublin zoo itself was a pretty good zoo, then again, I don't think I've ever been to a zoo I don't like. We got to start our day with the classic full Irish breakfast at the Meerkat restaurant. Named so because it was the only place where you could watch the meerkats. This pleased me greatly and I'm sure I could have stayed through lunch and beyond. But other animals needed viewing too so we went out into the rainy Irish weather to enjoy the zoo.
It was in the zoo that Mel and I started discussing a trend we'd noticed in Dublin, fathers out with infant children. This seemed a bit of a role reversal from what is expected at home. To be clear, I'm talking about dad out alone with the kids, not with mom as well. It just so happened that while discussing this trend, and pointing it out at the zoo that I noticed another trend. Only women carried umbrellas. Only women...and me. Moments after this realization I noticed a little tag dangling from my newly purchased umbrella that read, "Ladies hand umbrella" Combine that with the nice pastel colors and I felt a bit awkward in the rain for the rest of the day.
I didn't help my own cause at all by trying to lean into an enclosure that was glassed in. I hit my head pretty hard and managed to make a lot of noise. It wasn't even particularly clean glass I bashed my head on so I had no excuse other than being a bit emasculated and distracted by the animals.
Ryan
...ps, to be continued
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