Justin asked a good question tonight. If there’s such a thing as “metal cutters,” then why do the police use handcuffs on prisoners? Couldn’t they just use metal cutters to cut the handcuffs and escape?

Hmph, he said. Handcuffs are stupid.

When I explained that handcuffs just make it difficult for prisoners to escape, he asked why prisoners don’t just drive with the handcuffs on. After all, he said, they can drive “the old-fashioned way” - with their feet!

While laughing I reminded him that you have to use your feet and your hands to drive a car. So he said, that’s okay, the prisoner can just hire Professional Mouse Drivers.

For the woefully uninformed, Professional Mouse Drivers are apparently mice that are highly-trained experts in the art of both the brake pedal and the acceleration pedal.

Two mice work together, you see, to depress the correct pedal on the voice command of the prisoner-driver. It’s a tough job for a mouse to get, because you have to be a really smart mouse to get into the program.

The trouble comes, though, when one mouse loses his hearing. Then when the prisoner yells, “Stop!” and the mouse doesn’t hear, the car crashes and the police get the prisoner back.

We concluded that Professional Mouse Drivers make the job of the police officer difficult indeed.

(And to think just recently I was wondering why I spend an extra half-hour snuggling with my kid before he falls asleep!)

Giggling,

michelle