Plane conversations

[FATboy05]

A stranger was seated next to a little
> girl on an 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 a
> 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?'