Has A Head For Trouble

(It is the early 1990s and we are getting a tour of a prosthetic limb plant as part of a group experience for school. Ages range from six to ten.)

Rep: “Anyone have any questions about [prosthetic]? Yes, you in the back.”

Six-Year-Old: “Do you make prosthetic heads?”

Rep: “Oh, sweetie, no. We don’t make prosthetic heads.”

Six-Year-Old: “But why not?”