Farcical

At this point, the only way anyone is going to believe an assassination attempt is real is if it succeeds.

Adventures In Babysitting: Anatomical Homonyms

HER: Hey, Uncle Christopher. Do you remember at Grandma’s house when we were in the kitchen and you said that someone was being a dick?
ME: (struggling to remember an off-hand comment I made six months ago) …I think so.
HER: What did that mean?
ME: Uh…. Well, you know when someone is being really unlikeable, and disregards other peoples’ feelings, and they’re generally just unpleasant to be around, how that’s called being an asshole? Well that’s what calling someone a dick is like. It’s like calling them an asshole.
HER: Really? Because I thought a dick was another name for a man’s penis.
ME: 😳…
HER: YEAH! I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!