Rubes by Leigh Rubin for January 04, 2022

“Do you have a Life Wish or something?”

Spelling puns are hard to spot sometimes.

That’s a grim warning.

Is the Dad a drummer for a death metal band?

A proper Grim Reaper WOULD TALK LIKE THIS. Sir Terry Pratchett showed us that.

That’s a grim warning!

Those kids will be the death of her

Mommy, tell Jimmy to give me the scythe! It’s my turn!

She really should make sure that they both have a scythe,

Also, have them each wear a helmet – that would reduce the possibility of reaper-cussions.

OK, sorry Mom. We’ll go “play” with the neighbor’s cats…

Sounds like a Bryan Adams song lyric, “Now it cuts like a knife but feels so right”…..

He’ll cut them down to scythe.

How, exactly, are they supposed to behave, Mom?

Grim reapercussions!

After she said that, I bet they were scared to death.

You’re gonna put somebody’s eye out with that thing.

Maybe it’s time for a pop sickle break.

They’re just digging themselves into a hole

they’re going to reap what they sow…

Little reapers are kinda cute.

Clever pun!!