Conversations with Sid

I want to fly ...  so high ...

Sid has a great fascination for vehicles (as all boys do), and most of his toys are cars, trucks, planes etc. Of late, his specific attention has been on things that fly - they have been a constant topic of our conversations, and he has now established a 'pecking' order amongst them - on basis of what else, but speed - helicopter, aero-plane, rocket, spaceship.

Yet another conversation with him, as he was playing with one of his toy planes:
Sid: When can I sit in a helicopter?
Me: When we see a helicopter, which is allowing people to fly in it, we can buy a ticket and sit in it.
Sid: When can I sit in a fighter plane?
Me: For that, you have to be big and strong, go into army (air force), and become a pilot.
Sid: No, I don't want to drive (fly) a fighter plane, only sit in it.
Me: For that, you must become a minister!!

Well, next he asked me how to become a minister, but I had no answer for that one - I couldn't very well advise him to get some experience in "gunda-giri".

Trapped ... again

Of late, Sid has started using a little too much logic in his conversations that we find it difficult to keep up with him. Yesterday, we promised to get him some ice-cream after his dinner. About half-way through the meal, when he was no longer too hungry, he started making excuses for not eating his food.

Sid: I can't eat any more.

N: No only 4 bites more. You are 4 years old, so you can have 4 more bites. *

Sid: No, I am 0 years old. I cant eat anything. [Reference for "0 years" is here :-) ]

N: But babies of 0 years can't eat anything. They don't have any teeth, so they can't even eat ice-cream.

Sid: (In wonder) Babies of 0 years don't have teeth? 

N: No.

Sid: They have a tongue?

N: Yes, they only have a tongue.

Sid: Then they can only lick the ice-cream?

* The first time I wrote this sentence, I typed "bytes"! Nerd!!