2006-01-02
Original: 2006-01-02 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Doctor (a man with brown hair wearing a head mirror and a doctor's coat): "I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE! ALL THE DRUGS, THE RADIATION, THE SURGERY, IT WAS ALL SO I COULD SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOU!"
Patient (a flame-haired person, seen from behind): "OH TED!"
Caption (below panel): Goodbye malpractice suit!
Votey:
Caption at top: "Reading this 10 years later..."
A man resting his head on his hand looks up with a stunned expression: "Holy shit!"
Doctor (a man with brown hair wearing a head mirror and a doctor's coat): "I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE! ALL THE DRUGS, THE RADIATION, THE SURGERY, IT WAS ALL SO I COULD SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOU!"
Patient (a flame-haired person, seen from behind): "OH TED!"
Caption (below panel): Goodbye malpractice suit!
Votey:
Caption at top: "Reading this 10 years later..."
A man resting his head on his hand looks up with a stunned expression: "Holy shit!"
Alt text
A doctor with brown hair, wearing a head mirror and white coat, leans toward a flame-haired patient (shown from behind) and earnestly confesses: "I have a confession to make! All the drugs, the radiation, the surgery, it was all so I could spend more time with you!" The patient swoons back: "Oh Ted!" An italic caption below reads: "Goodbye malpractice suit!" The joke: the doctor reframes harmful, possibly unnecessary medical treatment as a romantic gesture, dodging a lawsuit. Votey (aftercomic): a rougher black-and-white sketch captioned "Reading this 10 years later..." shows a man resting his head on his hand, staring with a horrified, deadpan expression as he says "Holy shit!" — the author reacting to the dark implications of his own old joke.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.