2005-11-05
Original: 2005-11-05 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Red-haired child (speaking, holding up a key): BUT MOM! IT'S ONLY SATURDAY! CAN'T I DO MY HOMEWORK TOMORROW?!
The mother, looking stern, holds a bottle labeled "BIRTH CONTROL PILLS" in one hand and grips the child's shoulder with the other.
Caption (below panel): In case you're wondering, that key goes to the time machine.
Votey:
The child (offscreen thought/speech, sketched in a rough black-and-white style): SO glad I built that thing.
A large machine/apparatus stands beside the child.
Red-haired child (speaking, holding up a key): BUT MOM! IT'S ONLY SATURDAY! CAN'T I DO MY HOMEWORK TOMORROW?!
The mother, looking stern, holds a bottle labeled "BIRTH CONTROL PILLS" in one hand and grips the child's shoulder with the other.
Caption (below panel): In case you're wondering, that key goes to the time machine.
Votey:
The child (offscreen thought/speech, sketched in a rough black-and-white style): SO glad I built that thing.
A large machine/apparatus stands beside the child.
Alt text
Main comic: A single panel. A red-haired child holds up a key and pleads to an angry-looking mother, "BUT MOM! IT'S ONLY SATURDAY! CAN'T I DO MY HOMEWORK TOMORROW?!" The mother grips the child's shoulder and holds up a bottle labeled "BIRTH CONTROL PILLS." A caption below reads: "In case you're wondering, that key goes to the time machine." The joke: the child has built a time machine and would rather use it to skip ahead than do homework, while the birth-control-pills bottle implies the mother wishes she could go back and undo having such a kid. Votey (aftercomic), in rough black-and-white sketch style: the child stands next to a large machine, saying in a speech bubble, "SO glad I built that thing" — confirming the time machine is real and the child is pleased with it.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.