An inquisitive little boy was trying to understand the complicated wonders of biology. One afternoon, he ran up to his father and asked, “Daddy, if big dogs have puppies and big cats have kittens, how come big trains don’t have little baby trains?”
The father, completely unprepared for a lesson in mechanical reproduction, quickly deflected. “Go ask your mother, son.”
The boy tracked down his mother and repeated the question. She smiled, kissed his forehead, and suggested, “Honey, why don’t you walk down to the station and ask the train conductor yourself?”
Excited, the boy hurried down to the local tracks. He spotted a conductor in full uniform and ran up to him. “Excuse me, sir! Can you tell me why big dogs can have little dogs, but big trains never have baby trains?”
The conductor looked down, smirked, and replied:
“Well, son, that’s because here at Amtrak, we always pull out on time.”
