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2006-03-21

Original: 2006-03-21 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
A blonde woman and a brown-haired man (the parents) stand together, facing a blonde boy seen from behind in the foreground.
Woman (or parents): "Son, we have something to tell you... you were... adopted."

Caption (below panel): Apparently, I would be meeting my new parents that afternoon.

Votey:
Close-up on a nervous, sweating face.
Speech bubble: "We'd take you there ourselves, but it's kinda scary."

Alt text

Main comic: A blonde woman and a brown-haired man stand side by side, addressing a blonde boy whose back is to us. In a speech bubble the parents say, "Son, we have something to tell you... you were... adopted." A caption beneath the panel reads: "Apparently, I would be meeting my new parents that afternoon." The joke: they aren't gently revealing he was adopted in the past, they're announcing they're getting rid of him now and sending him off to brand-new parents that very afternoon.

Votey: A close-up of a sweating, anxious face with a small speech bubble: "We'd take you there ourselves, but it's kinda scary." The parents won't even escort him because the place he's being sent is frightening.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.