I like to think it's a coping mechanism for him, and also able to lay low for a moment if the cops are after him.
Comparing daycare to jail is kinda accurate, though it's probably easier to escape from the daycare, so that he's able to leave whenever he wants... As soon as he finished that bottle.... and maybe had a diaper change later.... and maybe after a nap. Those cribs are comfy, after all... and ohhh, it's cookie time later! Gonna have to stay for that...

It's possible that he gets something more out of this than it just being a disguise... and I don't just mean that in that he can basically live rent-free in daycare, eating snacks and taking naps, and all he really has to do in return is put his dignity on hold when it's time to dispose of all those snacks he's consumed.

Daycare is a lot like jail, though. Constant supervision, locked rooms, restricted access to just about everything, scheduled times for activities and meals and everything else, and the ever-watchful eye of the caretakers. Just because it's not incarceration doesn't mean the children, and especially the babies and toddlers, can just go wherever they want, after all.

And, if he decides to reveal that he's an adult, that could wind him up in a lot more trouble with the law than whatever petty theft charge he was trying to avoid--so maybe it's for the best that he just pop a pacifier in his mouth before he starts running it.

I like to think that daycare security is more looser than jail though. Then of course, following the cartoon rules and logic, his escape attempts will be foiled by the most insignificant of details. All it will cost him though is a few hours in the time-out pen.

Very true, on both counts--It's not so much that daycare is overseen by a crack team of security experts, but more that those little mittens will make it harder to open anything child-proofed, those booties probably get a tad slippery if he tries to run on the linoleum floors, and that diaper will slow him down a bit, not to mention the crinkling severely reducing his ability to sneak around quietly!

Aww.....When I was a baby....my first thing I stole was a Cookie.

Wonder what sort of things Charley stole before deciding to just go along with the baby act a bit more than necessary?

yeah,,,,,

Baby Jail xD

Doing time in the play pen.

heha, nice. I love it.

He's definitively avoiding something if he's willing to wear a diaper and be a baby 24/7. XD

Thanks! Maybe he's trying to avoid responsibility, both for his actions, and for daily adult life. All for the low price of his dignity.

Heha, sounds like a cheap way to live. :P

If this is a new racket for Charley, he better beware of thickly padded sheriff! If I catch him stealing, breaking and entering, or taking candy away from one of my friends, I'll lock him up in the playpen near the time out corner with NO diaper changes!

Good luck with that. No playpen can hold Charley!