Teenage Boys and Their Eating Habits

James and I were sat on the sofa, avoiding the midday sun, yesterday and I became fascinated by the eating behaviour of his younger brothers. You see, the kitchen is open plan, so we could see all the comings and goings from our reclined positions on the sofas. Three brothers, one fridge, 3 bowls of fruit, various leftovers. Every few seconds one of them would wander in and start munching something. Often, two or three of them would end up in the kitchen at the same time; all of them would be milling around and chewing. After having observed this behaviour for some time, James said to them 'Look at you! You're like a herd of cows'. Still chewing and somewhat docile (probably from all the food), two of them ignored him and carried on grazing, and one of them looked up and said 'hmngh?' (he's 15 and doesn't talk in proper words or sentences at the moment). And so the ballet continued. All afternoon. James's Mum wasn't there to witness it because, not surprisingly, she was out food shopping.