A post from Matt, about his trip to HANC with C&D on Saturday:

At the natural playground at the Houston Arboretum, Carmen was crossing a rope bridge when another little girl game by.  Carmen patiently explained how the bridge worked, but the little girl (with lots of help from her father) had trouble getting across.

Carmen started chatting up the dad:

Carmen:  She’s still a little bit little, isn’t she.
Dad:  Yes, she is.
Carmen:  How old is she?
Dad:  She’s four years old.  How old are you?
Carmen:  I’m four too.  Before she was four years old, was she three years old?
Dad:  Yes she was.  Before she was four, she was three.

Is the art of small talk any more complex than this?