You know, I’ve never been asked by an adult man to play blocks before.
It’s always children that ask if you’d like to play blocks with them—never an actual adult.
The purpose of this post is not to comment on the fact that a grown adult has recently asked me to play blocks, because that has yet to occur, but simply to bring up the question, “how old is too old to play blocks?”
I think the distinguishing factor is not age, but the sudden transformation that takes place when a youngster goes from saying “play blocks with me” to “play with my blocks with me.” I mean, “blocks” isn’t the game; playing WITH the blocks is a game, but you don’t play the blocks themselves. That’d be madness! Fortunately, the comprehension of this grammatical differentiation proves quite the tell-tale sign that one may be too old for blocks regardless.
Bear in mind that English is the particular language that I’m referencing here. Apart from a small portion of Spanish, Swedish, and an embarrassingly small portion of Xhosa, I’m not a polyglot (I’m only a polyCLOT (AYO!)), but I’m sure there’s some appropriate linguistic equivalent for each of your respective native tongues.
Until next time,
Michael J. Erickson, CEO & Co-Founder
