February 14, 2011
#860: Never Do This explain

[Cueball walks toward Megan holding a pocket microscope.]
Cueball: Check it out—a pocket microscope!
Megan: Ooh! Let’s look at stuff!
[Cueball holds a pencil; Megan peers at a quarter through the microscope.]
Cueball: The tip of this pencil is neat.
Megan: This quarter is really scratched.
Cueball: Let’s look at the skin under our fingernails!
Minutes later…
[Cueball and Megan curl up in a black pit of despair.]
Cueball and Megan: oh god oh god