The stupid question

It was a peasant winter morning and Mullah Nasruddin was sitting on a rocking chair and enjoying some half-boiled eggs that were liberally sprinkled with rock salt and pepper. A man happened to pass by and wondered why Mullah was sitting in a rocking chair out in the open and eating his meal.
Walking over, he inquired:" Mullah, why are you sitting out in the open on a rocking chair and eating boiled eggs?"
Mullah looked him up and down scornfully and queried:" What would you rather have me doing? Sit on the boiled eggs and eat the rocking chair?"
Some people are in the habit of asking inane questions. Rather than replying such people, it is better to counter-query them to end the conversation abruptly.