“Hi hon, what are you watching?”
“Nothing…”
“But you are watching something. What is it?”
“I don’t know. Nothing…”
“Okay, then what are you not watching?”
“What. How can I be not watching something?”
“I walk into the room, the television is on and you are sitting on the lounge opposite the television, looking across at it so naturally I assume you are watching something. When I ask, you say you’re not watching anything. So if the television is on and you’re looking at it but it is nothing, then I have to ask what are you not watching.”
“But I’m not really watching anything.”
“Okay then, what are you looking at?
“You…”
“Gaaah…”