2005-09-21
Original: 2005-09-21 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A woman with brown hair clenches her teeth and raises her fists, glaring intensely at two children (boys) seen from behind in the foreground.
Woman (speech bubble, a furious growl): "Grrr--- ---rrr---"
Caption (below the panel): "We couldn't afford braces growing up, so after school mom would take us aside and just glower at our teeth for hours on end."
Votey:
A close-up of a person's face with a deeply displeased, scowling expression and prominently crooked teeth.
Handwritten text: "Shame is nature's orthodontia"
A woman with brown hair clenches her teeth and raises her fists, glaring intensely at two children (boys) seen from behind in the foreground.
Woman (speech bubble, a furious growl): "Grrr--- ---rrr---"
Caption (below the panel): "We couldn't afford braces growing up, so after school mom would take us aside and just glower at our teeth for hours on end."
Votey:
A close-up of a person's face with a deeply displeased, scowling expression and prominently crooked teeth.
Handwritten text: "Shame is nature's orthodontia"
Alt text
Main comic: A single panel showing a brown-haired woman clenching her teeth and raising both fists, glaring with intense fury. In the foreground, the backs of two boys' heads face her as she glowers at them. Her speech bubble reads only a growling "Grrr--- ---rrr---". The caption below reads: "We couldn't afford braces growing up, so after school mom would take us aside and just glower at our teeth for hours on end." The joke is that the mother's angry glaring is presented as a substitute for orthodontic treatment they couldn't afford.
Votey (aftercomic): A hand-drawn close-up of a scowling face with very crooked, jagged teeth. Handwritten text beside it reads: "Shame is nature's orthodontia" — implying shame, rather than braces, is what straightens teeth.
Votey (aftercomic): A hand-drawn close-up of a scowling face with very crooked, jagged teeth. Handwritten text beside it reads: "Shame is nature's orthodontia" — implying shame, rather than braces, is what straightens teeth.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.