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2005-11-17

Original: 2005-11-17 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
An older man (the father) stands behind a younger man (the son) on the deck of a ship at sea, resting his hands on the son's shoulders.
Father: "No, son. Women and children first."

Caption (below panel): In order to outrun the pirates, we were forced to jettison some ballast.

Votey:
A close-up of an angry man's face.
Off-panel voice (speech bubble): "How about we jettison your Star Wars memorabilia?"
Angry man: "Jump, boy."

Alt text

Main comic: On the deck of a ship at sea, an older man stands behind a younger man, hands on his shoulders, telling him gravely, "No, son. Women and children first." A caption beneath the panel reads: "In order to outrun the pirates, we were forced to jettison some ballast" - revealing that the noble-sounding line is actually the father coldly ordering his own son to be thrown overboard as deadweight.

Votey (aftercomic): A close-up of an angry man's scowling face. A nearby voice offers, "How about we jettison your Star Wars memorabilia?" The angry man flatly refuses the compromise and replies, "Jump, boy."

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.