2003-05-14
Original: 2003-05-14 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A person stands at a podium on a stage in front of a red curtain, addressing a seated audience.
Speaker (person at podium): "Due to self esteem concerns, the school board has decided that we are to no longer use the word “don't.”"
Caption (below panel): Although the new policy worked wonders for student self esteem, it fundamentally altered the “Don't Do Drugs” program.
Votey:
Handwritten heading at top: "Reading this comic 12 years later"
A bearded man looks slightly worried/uneasy.
Man: "Well that was quite short-sighted of her"
A person stands at a podium on a stage in front of a red curtain, addressing a seated audience.
Speaker (person at podium): "Due to self esteem concerns, the school board has decided that we are to no longer use the word “don't.”"
Caption (below panel): Although the new policy worked wonders for student self esteem, it fundamentally altered the “Don't Do Drugs” program.
Votey:
Handwritten heading at top: "Reading this comic 12 years later"
A bearded man looks slightly worried/uneasy.
Man: "Well that was quite short-sighted of her"
Alt text
Main comic, single panel: A person in a green shirt and glasses stands at a wooden podium on a stage with a red curtain behind them, gesturing toward a seated audience shown from behind. A speech bubble reads, "Due to self esteem concerns, the school board has decided that we are to no longer use the word 'don't.'" A caption beneath the panel reads: "Although the new policy worked wonders for student self esteem, it fundamentally altered the 'Don't Do Drugs' program" — the joke being that banning the word 'don't' would turn an anti-drug program into a pro-drug one.
Votey (aftercomic), black-and-white sketch: A handwritten heading reads "Reading this comic 12 years later." A bearded man with a slightly worried expression says, "Well that was quite short-sighted of her," wryly retroactively attributing the speech to a single gendered speaker.
Votey (aftercomic), black-and-white sketch: A handwritten heading reads "Reading this comic 12 years later." A bearded man with a slightly worried expression says, "Well that was quite short-sighted of her," wryly retroactively attributing the speech to a single gendered speaker.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.