So there was a lady with her baby in a carriage in a store. The baby was taking things off the shelves and the lady was ignoring it. When she got to the check-out, the store detective took her aside and pointed out all the stuff in the carriage, which she was still ignoring.
"It's not my fault, it's the baby!" she said. "I don't have to pay for that, charge the baby!"
So the store detective called the police. A uniformed officer, a father himself, showed up.
"You're responsible for what your baby does," he said. "Either pay for what the baby took or put it back."
"Why should I?" she replied. "I didn't take all that stuff! Arrest my baby!"
"If that's what she wants," said the store detective, "go ahead and arrest the brat. Maybe the judge will give him to somebody with a sense of responsibility."
But instead the officer took the baby from the carriage, searched it for the store's stuff, put the pilferage aside and changed the baby's diapers. Then he told the detective to just re-shelve the pilferage and gave the baby back to its mother.
"Aren't you going to arrest the kid?" said the detective. "Or the mother?"
The cop pulled himself up to his fullest height and replied, "A change is as good as arrest."
"It's not my fault, it's the baby!" she said. "I don't have to pay for that, charge the baby!"
So the store detective called the police. A uniformed officer, a father himself, showed up.
"You're responsible for what your baby does," he said. "Either pay for what the baby took or put it back."
"Why should I?" she replied. "I didn't take all that stuff! Arrest my baby!"
"If that's what she wants," said the store detective, "go ahead and arrest the brat. Maybe the judge will give him to somebody with a sense of responsibility."
But instead the officer took the baby from the carriage, searched it for the store's stuff, put the pilferage aside and changed the baby's diapers. Then he told the detective to just re-shelve the pilferage and gave the baby back to its mother.
"Aren't you going to arrest the kid?" said the detective. "Or the mother?"
The cop pulled himself up to his fullest height and replied, "A change is as good as arrest."