When the girls ask me why I added the extra footpegs, I reminded them how many life-altering leg and foot injuries there are in Cambodia 😂. I am familiar with the flip-flop dragging while riding with too many passengers too, it's also a favorite hobby in Cambodia. I have even seen plenty of solo drivers dragging their flip-flops just for the sounds.
Funny you share ratatouille, I worked in a French for several years once upon a time, and that is a dish we never made nor sold, but I know it from the cartoon of course. I never had a rat in my hat tugging on my hair, only a very demanding husband-wife duo of bosses.