Generation X

(My five-year-old nephew is getting interested in superheroes and monsters. My girlfriend teaches him all about the X-Men, and is trying to have him come up with ideas for new superheroes and their powers. She notices that most of his ideas are too violent, so she’s trying to encourage him to think of more creative ideas.)

Nephew: “So, then the good guys shoot the bad guys with a cannon!”

Girlfriend: “Isn’t that a bit violent?”

Nephew: “No, it’s a… it’s a cannon that shoots adhesive tape!”

(Later…)

Nephew: “So then all the bad guys died.”

Girlfriend: “No violence!”

Nephew: “That’s okay; they just died of old age!”