“So Dad,” says the Cub to me today, “I’ve been thinking about our super-hero names and powers, since we’re a team!”
“And what did you come up with?” I asked, wondering where this one was going.
“I think we should be the Spinner and the Shaver!” he exclaimed. "I’ll be the Spinner, and I’ll have a collection of fidget spinners, and I’ll throw them at bad guys and knock them down, like Batman with his batarangs!’
“That sounds good,” I replied. “But what do I do, as the Shaver?”
“You know that shaving cream stuff you have?”
“Well aware of it”, I replied.*
“You see, you’ll spread shaving cream on their legs and shave their legs!” he said gleefully.
“Interesting approach,” I said. “But how does that help defeat the bad guys?”
“When you shave, you don’t do a good job, and you’ll be cutting and scratching them, and they’ll be going ‘Ow! Ow! Ow!’ and then they’ll give up!” he announced triumphantly.
“Interesting approach,” I agreed. “It’ll take longer than the Spinner, though. You get the glamour jobs, knocking them out with Fidget Spinners.”
“That’s okay, Daddy - you’ll do a good job,” he encouraged me.
N. Piper, have razor, will shave (badly).
- Those of you who have followed the Cub’s adventures will of course be familiar with his prior use of shaving cream: In Which the Piper Cub Again Turns His Mind to Home Security: Little Green-Suited Men