Me: Why are leaves green?
Her: Got something to do with what's insde em. We studied that stuff in school, photosomething...
Me: Yeah, photosynthesis. The leaves have chlorophyll in em, and it's chlorophyll that makes photosynthesis happen. Chlorophyll’s green in colour, at least I think so…
Her: Yeah, that's it...
Me: Why is chlorophyll green?
Her, with a dazed look on her face: I don't know...
Me: You don't?
Her: No I don't
Me: Well now I know you are not God, coz if you were, you would be able to provide an answer to every why question I pose to you
An addendum (a chat with a friend about this piece) -
xto: all that 2 realize that the girl wasn't god
xto: ?
joybringer: yeah
joybringer: coz her hold on my emotions was God-like
xto: Ok
xto: LOL
xto: YOU
xto: are
xto: SUCH
xto: an idiot!
