2005-09-03
Original: 2005-09-03 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (main):
A football game in progress on a green field with a yellow goalpost and blue sky behind. A player in a blue jersey and silver/gray helmet (jersey number partly hidden) holds a football aloft in one hand, shouting in triumph. With his other hand he points a handgun, which fires with a yellow muzzle-flash burst, at an opposing player in a tan/olive jersey, who is flung backward off his feet. Other players (one in a blue jersey marked "1", others in tan) struggle in the background.
Triumphant player: "OH YEAH!"
Caption (below panel): "It wasn't the play we'd rehearsed, but before you knew it, I was wide open in the end zone."
Votey:
A close-up of a referee in a black-and-white vertical-striped shirt and cap, looking grim. He speaks.
Referee: "Technically, there are no rules regarding firearms"
A football game in progress on a green field with a yellow goalpost and blue sky behind. A player in a blue jersey and silver/gray helmet (jersey number partly hidden) holds a football aloft in one hand, shouting in triumph. With his other hand he points a handgun, which fires with a yellow muzzle-flash burst, at an opposing player in a tan/olive jersey, who is flung backward off his feet. Other players (one in a blue jersey marked "1", others in tan) struggle in the background.
Triumphant player: "OH YEAH!"
Caption (below panel): "It wasn't the play we'd rehearsed, but before you knew it, I was wide open in the end zone."
Votey:
A close-up of a referee in a black-and-white vertical-striped shirt and cap, looking grim. He speaks.
Referee: "Technically, there are no rules regarding firearms"
Alt text
A color SMBC comic. Main panel: a football game on a green field with a yellow goalpost. A player in a blue jersey and gray helmet raises a football overhead and shouts "OH YEAH!" while, with his other hand, firing a handgun (yellow muzzle flash) at an opposing tan-jerseyed player, who is blasted off his feet backward. Other players scuffle in the background. Caption beneath: "It wasn't the play we'd rehearsed, but before you knew it, I was wide open in the end zone." Votey (black-and-white aftercomic): a grim-faced referee in a striped shirt and cap deadpans, "Technically, there are no rules regarding firearms." The joke: he got "open" in the end zone by shooting the defender, and the ref rules it legal on a technicality.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.