YOU: Ask me an interesting question. Maybe it'll strike up an interesting conversation

STRANGER: why are fire trucks red?

STRANGER: i'll tell you why

YOU: so drivers can easily see them on the road?

STRANGER: nope

STRANGER: fire trucks have 4 wheels

STRANGER: they can hold 8 men

STRANGER: 4+8 is 12

STRANGER: there are 12 inches in a ruler

STRANGER: Queen Elizabeth is a ruler

STRANGER: there was a ship called Queen Elizabeth

STRANGER: that ship sailed the seas

STRANGER: there are fish in the seas

STRANGER: fish have fins

STRANGER: people from Finland are called fins

STRANGER: Finland and Russia had a war a long time ago

STRANGER: Russia's flag is red

STRANGER: that's why there red

STRANGER: cause there always russian around