An old friend of mine was a policeman for awhile...one day he was directing traffic...when he walked over to the curb during a light change, a small boy looked at him and asked.."What are you doing?"...my friend answered, with tongue in cheek.."I'm sitting on the curb, sewing buttons on a cake of soap. What are you doing?"

without missing a beat, the kid replied.."I'm sitting there with you, helping."