Originally Posted by MiniMatt

Slight derail alert...

When I was a very small lad, and my mum took us out walkies she used to get us to wave at passing fire engines. Now, with hindsight, I realise my mum just fancied firemen and getting the kids to wave made it cute However, when you're drilled into doing something at such a young age such habits are hard to break....

I get a very different response when waving at firemen these days....