Overboard by Chip Dunham for December 30, 2014

Speed traps – It’s a start, and shows that another kind of trap is also needed. Just what a well run pirate ship needs – a bunch of drunk mice careening around the deck running into people’s toes. What if they hit the helmsman’s foot while he’s navigating through dangerous waters? He’ll let go of the wheel and jump up and down in pain, meanwhile the ship runs aground like the Costa Concordia, or sinks like an overloaded ferry boat. No my friends, we can’t have that. [Well, no, I’m not actually Walter Mitty, but I’ve always admired his imagination.]