Answer the question with a question

[Fred]

why are you asking me?

[JB400]

Don't you have first hand experience?

[Fred]

Don't I need both hands to lug mine around?

[JB400]

Are you that weak?

[Fred]

There's a bit of weight in a 21 footer you know??

[JB400]

Are you Samson or Hercules?

[Fred]

wouldn't I prefer to be me?

[JB400]

Is that the best person to be?

[Fred]

with the tool I'm carrying around, I think so, don't you?

[JB400]

Shouldn't you put your tool back in the tool box or are you still using it?

[Fred]

don't I need it every other hour?

[JB400]

Do you use it every other hour on the hour?

[Fred]

I have to if the monkeys insist don't I?

[JB400]

Does it help keep the monkeys from using their paddles?

[polywideblock]

do you use your tool on monkeys?

[Fred]

aren't I building them a boat?

[polywideblock]

what are you making the boat out of ?

[Fred]

would the spare paddles do?

[JB400]

Can we have monkeys without paddles?

[polywideblock]

would they then be apes?

[JB400]

Would they be gaping apes?

[Fred]

what if we had gaping holes?

[polywideblock]

would we be knee deep?

[Fred]

are we treading grapes?

[polywideblock]

what would be falling out of the gaping holes you were talking about?