Scowling Monk Makes Me Want to Behave and Live Small

Traditionally, monks don't look up or down, only straight ahead, as they try to think lofty thoughts (or better yet, no thoughts at all). Certainly this scowling monk was oblivious to the "nooddles" advertised above him, though it was late afternoon and by law he hadn't eaten for hours. 


I have to confess that glare he gave me made me stand up straighter and try to think of what I'd done wrong, at least for the three seconds it took him to break into a grin.