2007-05-09

A cartoon father stands in a doorway holding a tray of knives, addressing his children who face him from the foreground. He says, "Kids, we can't afford to put all of you through college, so... well... remember how you used to play tag WITHOUT knives?" One child replies, "Uh... y-yeah?" A caption beneath the panel reads: "Dad then shot two of us" -- the dark twist being that he skips the knife-tag entirely and just shoots the kids to thin the herd. Votey (aftercomic): a roughly sketched close-up of a man's smug face saying, "The ol' switcharoo!", reveling in having set up the knife premise only to use a gun instead.