The gift shop of the Harvenstall Art Museum is unlike any gift shop in any other art gallery.  For one thing, it is manned by synthetics mainly.  They never seem to tire of answering stupid questions.  Here’s are some examples:

A woman comes up to the counter and asks a synthetic, “Do artists use house paint when they are painting houses?”

“No, they use regular artists paint.”

A beautiful woman with a great figure comes up to the counter and asks, “Are there any artists here who would like to paint a picture of me in the nude?”

“Yes there are.  But that isn’t allowed unless you are taken to the Artists’ Gallery or you return on Friday or Saturday night after museum hours when such a thing is allowed.”

A bold young man approaches a female-appearing synthetic at the counter and asks, “Could I have sex with you after you are done for the day?”

“No, because I go to a chamber after work and am deactivated.  I am also not programmed to have sex with humans.”

A little girl comes to the counter and asks, “I saw a horsey in the Projection Gallery.  Can I ride it?”

“Only if it allowed.”

A child asks the synthetic at the counter, “If I break anything, do I have to pay for it?”

“No.  It can be repaired or replaced with a simulation of the thing that is broken.”

A teen asks the synthetic, “What would happen if I tried to steal something?”

“You would not be allowed to leave the museum.  All doors would be locked and a security synthetic would bring you to the police station.”

A curious young man asks the female-appearing synthetic, “If you could have sex with humans, would you produce androids or humans?”

“The person would be a cyborg because I would produce a synthetic DNA that would be similar to my DNA and your DNA when combined at conception.  It would be up to you as to the sex of the cyborg if you have a preference.”

A person asks the synthetic, “If an artist has completed a work of art in front of visitors, does he also paint the wet paint sign?”

“That isn’t necessary because each completed painting is sprayed with a coating that dries in seconds.”