How many times should I say the same thing?

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Yesterday evening my dad had called my husband to discuss something. Towards the end of the call, my three year old son was talking to my father. I could hear some bits of conversation, Monu: How are you grandpa? Grandpa: I'm fine. How are you Monu? Monu: Fine Grandpa Grandpa: How was school? Monu: School was good. I learnt this song... Cut to today morning. My father had called me on my mobile and Monu was nearby wanting to talk to his grandpa again. Monu: Grandpa.. Grandpa: Monu, How are you? Monu: Fine Grandpa. There is a pause. I prompt Monu: Ask grandpa "How are you?" Then my son gives me a strange look and says this to me: "I asked the same thing from dad's phone yesterday. Why are you asking me to always say How are You? How are you? Tell me something else." I could hear my father laughing at the other end of the call while I was trying to come up with an explanation for Monu. The suggestion/questions that Monu comes up with are sometimes funny, sometimes simple but most times it gets me thinking how he perceives simple things. Have you ever come across a baffling question/suggestion by a kid?