One of the worst moments of my life was back in 1981 in Atlanta, GA, when I had just moved for a new job. I went grocery shopping, and a couple of cute kids nearly ran into me. I smiled, I wasn’t mad.
They looked at me, and suddenly looked terrified and ran back to their mom. I was heart-broken. The problem was, there was a serial killer in the area, targeting little boys of African-American communities there. Even though I was short, female, young, and pretty harmless looking, they were afraid of me, the stranger.
You really don’t want to know what that feels like, I promise.
Second panel – isn’t Dan thinking that you are sad because you don’t have children of your own? That’s what I thought he meant in the last panel about going in a different direction…
katina.cooper about 5 years ago
He’s thinking that you spanked all of them, including the parents for not being there with their kids.
splinterexpert about 5 years ago
Children are overrated.
Perkycat about 5 years ago
Kids these days!! You know by now with Amanda, Dan, expect the unexpected.
edreajr about 5 years ago
Remembering a verse from a good, old song about kids: “…why can’t they be like we were, perfect in every way, oh what’s the matter with kids today?”
sew-so about 5 years ago
Please don’t work on trying to scare kids.
One of the worst moments of my life was back in 1981 in Atlanta, GA, when I had just moved for a new job. I went grocery shopping, and a couple of cute kids nearly ran into me. I smiled, I wasn’t mad.
They looked at me, and suddenly looked terrified and ran back to their mom. I was heart-broken. The problem was, there was a serial killer in the area, targeting little boys of African-American communities there. Even though I was short, female, young, and pretty harmless looking, they were afraid of me, the stranger.
You really don’t want to know what that feels like, I promise.
LindaBurton about 4 years ago
Second panel – isn’t Dan thinking that you are sad because you don’t have children of your own? That’s what I thought he meant in the last panel about going in a different direction…