Little Johnny was quietly chewing on his cereal when he suddenly unleashed the kind of innocent, weaponized curiosity that every parent dreads.
He looked up from his bowl and asked, “Mommy, why does Daddy barely have any hair left on his head?”
His mother smiled, immensely proud of herself for inventing a brilliant, flattering cover-up on the spot. “Well, sweetie, that’s because your father thinks a lot. He uses his brain all day long!”
Johnny paused for a few silent seconds, carefully processing this medical breakthrough. Then, looking directly at his mother’s thick, voluminous, flowing mane, he asked:
“So… why do you have so much of it?”
