The Child and Parent

“You see that lady over there?” a child asked his parent. “Yep, what about her?” the parent answered. The child and parent were walking in the middle of a rather large and seemingly endless street. “She is actually a male, did you know that?”
“That’s ridiculous, no he’s not” the parent replied with a hearty laugh.

“Why yes she is,” the child answered, “why would you think that he is not a male? Look I’ll prove it to you, the shoes that she’s wearing are only worn by males”
“Are you sure? How do you know?”
“It’s just a basic fact of life, how could you not know?

“And, you see that sign that says ‘Open’?”
“Yes, I see it”
“Ha, well it actually says the word ‘Phone’, how could you not know that?”
“Oh, ok, how can you tell?”
“Well when the letters are green that means that the word is phone.”
“But the words aren’t green they’re purple, aren’t they?”
“Ha! No they are not purple, they are green. That colour is green.”

“Ok, I agree”
“And look at that strange person putting food in their mouth!”
“Isn’t the person just eating?”
“Yes, but it is common courtesy not to eat outdoors, haven’t you ever noticed how everyone eats indoors?”
“But what about that man right there?” The parent pointed to a stranger eating a sandwich.
“Well that is a rare sight; you don’t usually see that”
“But what about that other female, the one that’s eating a chocolate bar?”
“What female? I see no female where you are pointing. Do you?”
“No, I don’t, ha, must have been just my mind playing tricks on me, or maybe she was a ghost!” the parent exclaimed.
“There is no such thing as a ghost, as there is no such thing as death, how did you not know that?” The child said simply.
“I knew… well actually that must be impossible, if there is no such thing as death shouldn’t the world overpopulate if everyone gave birth to new people and nobody died?”
“Who said people give birth? We weren’t born. Do you remember being born?”
“No, I guess not”
“Exactly, because it never happened.”
“But I remember being younger, how do you explain that?”
“Ha! You just must not have a good memory because you were always like this, even when you were young,” the child said simply.
“Look at that man over there, child, look!” The parent exclaimed while pointing to a female.
“Yes I see him, what about him?”
“Nothing.”
The child and parent continued walking in the middle of the large and seemingly endless street.