Can a Monkey Drive a Car?

As heard in our van…

Molly (age 4): Can you teach a monkey to drive?

Mom: Drive a car?

Molly: Yeah. Can you teach a monkey to drive a car?

Mom: Hmmm…I guess you can.

Molly (with a knowing laugh before starting up): Yeah, when I was a mommy and you were just a little girl, I taught a monkey how to drive. I told him go this way and go that way. (During that part, she was wildly moving her arms around, as if she were a drunken Indy car driver.)

Somehow I’m not expecting driving instructor to be on Molly’s future career path. Well…either that, or planet of the Apes may be closer than we think.

photo from google images