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2006-06-12

Original: 2006-06-12 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
A man with red hair has a bundle of lit dynamite strapped to the top of his head, the fuse burning. He holds one hand up near the fuse. He calmly addresses a brown-haired person seen from behind in the foreground.
Man with dynamite on head: "SO THEN, YOU'RE OF THE OPINION THAT WE SHOULD JUST BE FRIENDS?"

Caption (below the comic): Lawrence exhibited similar behavior when I was of the opinion that it was his turn to pay for dinner.

Votey:
A close-up of a clenched fist raised threateningly toward a person's face. The fist's owner speaks.
Fist's owner: "So, you're of the opinion that I'm being manipulative?"

Alt text

A man with red hair stands with a bundle of lit, fuse-burning dynamite strapped to the top of his head like a hat. Calmly, he asks a brown-haired person facing away from us, "So then, you're of the opinion that we should just be friends?" The threat of blowing himself up is his manipulative response to being turned down. A caption below reads: "Lawrence exhibited similar behavior when I was of the opinion that it was his turn to pay for dinner." Votey: a close-up of a clenched fist raised toward someone's face, its owner asking, "So, you're of the opinion that I'm being manipulative?"

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.