[We are driving home from school.]
If we see Dad, we’ll stop and pick him up.
Mummy, it would be bad to stop in the middle of nowhere. [Beat] Actually, I’m not sure you CAN stop in the middle of nowhere.
Oh! How come?
Well, nowhere… isn’t anywhere at all. [Pause] I guess if you weren’t even an egg yet – then you might be in the middle of nowhere.
Ah, you mean before the egg is fertilized?
Yes. When you are in non-being. That might be the middle of nowhere.
Whither Earthlings 