My conversation with Lindsey today:
Me: Sam only went to Taekwondo once this week
Lindsey: That’s okay, right?
Me: Not really.
Lindsey: It will have to be, though, right?
Me: Well, it can’t not be.
Lindsey: So it must be?
Me: I suppose it might be.
Lindsey: Then I guess it is.
What?
Reminded me of the comedy piece “Why?” By Louis CK (not recommended for weak ears, he’s a vulgar one, but pretty funny). Here’s a toned down version:
Basically, there’s a mom looking fully undone in a McDonald’s with a child who says, “Why is the sky blue?” And the mom says, “Shut up and eat your french fries.” People who see this and think, “What a horrible parent! When I’m a parent, I will answer all of my child’s questions,” they just don’t understand what it’s like having kids sometimes. Parents see that and think, “What horrible thing did that child do to upset that parent so much?” Louis then tells a story of a conversation he had with his daughter the other day, and it goes like this:
Daughter: Why can’t we go outside?
Louis: Because it’s raining
D: Why?
L: Water is coming out of the sky
D: Why?
L: Because it was in a cloud
D: Why?
L: Clouds form… when there’s vapor
D: Why?
L: I don’t know. I don’t know any more things. Those are all the things I know.
D: Why?
L: Because I’m stupid, okay?
D: Why?
L: Because I didn’t pay attention in school.
D: Why?
L: Because I was high all the time, alright?
D: Why?
L: Because my parents didn’t give me any guidance.
D: Why?
L: Because they didn’t plan on having me and resented me for stealing their youth.
D: Why?
L: Because they had bad morals, they had no compass.
D: Why?
L: Because they had bad parents, who had bad parents, and it just goes on and on like that.
D: Why?
L: Because we’re alone in the universe! There’s no one out there watching out for us and making sure everything goes alright!
D: Why?Louis then says “I’m going to stop here to be polite to you folks, but this goes on for hours. It gets so weird and abstract, we end up talking like this:”
…
D: Why?
L: Because somethings are, and some things are not.
D: Why?
L: Because things that are not can’t be.
D: Why?
L: Because then nothing wouldn’t be. You can’t have nothing isn’t, or everything is.
D: Why?
L: Because if nothing wasn’t there would be call kinds of weird stuff, like giant ants with top hats flying around. There’s no room for all that.
D: Why?
L: Oh shut up and eat your french fries!
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