frostypeters
July 24th, 2008, 02:04 PM
GOOD QUESTION
A stranger was seated next to a 8-year old girl on the airplane when the stranger turned to her and said,
'Can we talk? I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.'
The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and replied, 'What would you like to talk about?'
'Oh, I don't know,' said the stranger with a chuckle, 'How about nuclear power?'
'OK,' she said. 'That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass and roughage. Yet a deer makes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?'
The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and admits, 'Hmmm, I have no idea.'
Then, while re-opening her book, the little girl smiles, 'Do you really feel qualified to discuss nuclear power when you don't know shit?'
A stranger was seated next to a 8-year old girl on the airplane when the stranger turned to her and said,
'Can we talk? I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.'
The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and replied, 'What would you like to talk about?'
'Oh, I don't know,' said the stranger with a chuckle, 'How about nuclear power?'
'OK,' she said. 'That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass and roughage. Yet a deer makes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?'
The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and admits, 'Hmmm, I have no idea.'
Then, while re-opening her book, the little girl smiles, 'Do you really feel qualified to discuss nuclear power when you don't know shit?'