2005-09-09

A green-walled breakfast scene. A blonde parent sits at a yellow table reading a newspaper, calmly pointing a revolver across the table at a young boy who is eating with a fork. A speech bubble from the parent reads "MOUTH CLOSED," and a "*click*" sound effect appears at the gun. A cup of coffee, a glass, and a plate of food sit on the table. The caption below reads: "I know my parenting seems a little unorthodox, but I'm sorry, the 9 milimeter just wasn't getting the job done." The joke: a parent enforcing table manners by escalating from one gun to a bigger one. Votey (aftercomic): a loose black-and-white sketch close-up of the parent's face, with a speech bubble reading "This would hurt me more than it'd hurt you" — a twist on the classic parental line.