Kids Are So Smart

[johno]

A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the airplane when the
stranger turned to her and said, 'Let's 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
said to the stranger, 'What would you like to talk about?'

'Oh, I don't know,' said the stranger. 'How about nuclear power?'
and he smiles.

'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. Yet a deer excretes 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 says, 'Hmmm, I have no idea.'

To which the little girl replies, 'Do you really feel qualified to
discuss nuclear power when you don't know shit?'

[ScornedVixen]

That's brill

[cerina]

That is one of those things you want to remember in the hope you have the opportunity to use it.

[Dennisq]

A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the airplane when the stranger turned to her and said, ''Let's 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 said to the stranger, ''What would you like to talk about?''

''Oh, I don't know,'' said the stranger. ''How about nuclear power?'' and he smiles.

''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. Yet a deer excretes 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 says, ''Hmmm, I have no idea.''

To which the little girl replies, ''Do you really feel qualified to discuss nuclear power when you don't know shit?"

[cerina]

[mid_nite_poet]