“So let’s say that I argued that the sun was a really big lemon.”

“That’s dumb, I know it’s not.”

“Prove it.”

“Okay, well, lemons are all small.”

“The sun looks pretty small up there to me. Could be that it’s just a lemon of unusual size. If we stopped eating them, maybe they’d grow that big.”

“It’s too bright, too hot.”

“Reflecting starlight, just like the moon.”

“We can see it during an eclipse! It doesn’t have the little…side nipples…or whatever you call the things lemons have.”

“We’re seeing it head-on. The side nipples aren’t visible.”

“Why are you making this so difficult?”

“I’m trying to make a point about philosophy and fallacies and moving the goalposts.”

“Well, could you do it a little bit less smudly and irritatingly?”

“No promises.”

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