Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for October 14, 2009
Transcript:
bixby: So it turns out you can't fire me for my attitude problem. Fritz: oh, I really think I can! bixby: Not if it's a diagnosed illness....here's a doctor's note explaining my debilitating personality disorder! Fritz: "Chronic violent moronophobia?" bixby: ooh! I feel a flare up coming on...
So is he afraid of chronically violent morons, chronically afraid of violent morons, or chronically and violently afraid of morons?
The ambiguity reminds me of the One Eyed, One Horned, Flying Purple People Eater. It you aren’t a one eyed, one horned, flying purple person, are you still in danger of being eaten?