Spare the rod, suicide the child

Via Best of the Web, this story actually makes me laugh a little.
For some reason I saw my Dad shaking his finger at me and saying “you go out and kill yourself, and I’ll never speak to you again!” Which is something my Dad probably would have done, but just as probably with a big grin on his face.
Somehow, though, I don’t think this young idiot’s father was laughing very much. Which is a good thing.