2006-07-26
Original: 2006-07-26 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man with orange/red hair stands outside near a house and a red mailbox, reading a handwritten note. Behind him a sun and clouds hang over a dark roof.
The note reads:
"THERE ONCE WAS A MAN FROM NAN-TUCKET. STEVE, I SHOT YOUR DOG. UCKET."
Caption below the panel:
"I find a little rhyme can really take the edge off of bad news."
"Which reminds me… I've been meaning to tell you that, well… There once was a man from… schmonorrhea."
"You have AIDS. Ucket."
Votey:
Handwritten text reading: "Do you really want another punchline, you greedy bastard?"
A man with orange/red hair stands outside near a house and a red mailbox, reading a handwritten note. Behind him a sun and clouds hang over a dark roof.
The note reads:
"THERE ONCE WAS A MAN FROM NAN-TUCKET. STEVE, I SHOT YOUR DOG. UCKET."
Caption below the panel:
"I find a little rhyme can really take the edge off of bad news."
"Which reminds me… I've been meaning to tell you that, well… There once was a man from… schmonorrhea."
"You have AIDS. Ucket."
Votey:
Handwritten text reading: "Do you really want another punchline, you greedy bastard?"
Alt text
A red-haired man stands outside by a red mailbox and a house, reading a handwritten note. The note is a mock limerick: "There once was a man from Nan-tucket. Steve, I shot your dog. Ucket." Captions below explain the joke: "I find a little rhyme can really take the edge off of bad news. Which reminds me... I've been meaning to tell you that, well... There once was a man from... schmonorrhea. You have AIDS. Ucket." The humor comes from forcing grim news into a sing-song Nantucket-limerick format that doesn't actually rhyme or scan. Votey (aftercomic): handwritten text on a blank panel reading, "Do you really want another punchline, you greedy bastard?"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.