It’s all about control

The scene is a long ride in the van on a rainy freeway. We’ve been singing “Old MacDonald”

DADDY: “… and on his farm he had a …” what?
KITTEN: You choose!
DADDY: [considers what has not yet been done] “… a cow …”
KITTEN: [howling like the damned] Noooooo!!!!
DADDY: But Katherine, you told me to choose. That’s what I chose.
KITTEN: [Long, considering pause] Let me help you …

Or, as Henry Ford put it, “You can have any color you want, as long as it’s black.”