Text for another comic (a multi-part morning)
I knew a man once who was always holding people up by putting a gun to his own head. It was amazing the things he could get people to do by threatening to shoot himself.
"Yes, sir, here's all the money. Now why don't you go home and relax and maybe do some yoga?"
"I will most definitely never touch your ex-girlfriend. I can see why you liked her so much. Please just don't shoot."
His was a particularly common, and tremendously violent, form of persuasion.
posted by Adam at 6:13 PM [edit]