Kliban by B. Kliban for December 11, 2023

Is that a grin stuck in his back?

A killer smile

The Cheshire Killer

Smiling knife in the back of corporate intrigue.

Stabbed in the back by… a cheesy grin?!?

“They smile in yo’ face, all the time they wanna take yo’ place…The Backstabbers! [backstabbers]

So that’s where my dentures went!

the Grin Reaper

“They smile in your face, all the time they want to take your place, the back stabbers….”

WTH?

I think the knife came in the front and we see it protruding out his back. Classic harakiri (Seppuku (切腹)

It was an Oddjob, but someone had to do it.

“a killer smile”…

All the time they want to take your place

The back stabbers (back stabbers)

(They smilin’ in your face)

All the time, they want to take your place

The back stabbers (back stabbers)

All you fellas who have someone and you really care, yeah, yeah

Then it’s all of you fellas who better beware, yeah, yeah

The corporate ladder is made up of knives in people’s backs.

“I must be smart and hide my heart,

If she’s within a mile.

If I don’t duck, I’m out of luck.

She’d kill me with that smile."—That Face (the Producers)

Suddenly I’m accosted by imagery from The Yellow Submarine.

Killing with kindness.

Someone’s laughing behind his back…