2006-08-24
Original: 2006-08-24 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Single panel: A doctor in a white coat with a head mirror leans toward a seated patient (a man seen from behind), grinning.
Doctor (large speech bubble): "IT WON'T SOUND SO BAD IF YOU REALLY PRONOUNCE THE 'EEEEE!'"
Patient: "I REALLY DON'T-"
Doctor: "OH COME ON!"
Patient: "I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE-"
Doctor: "C'MONNN!"
Patient (small bubble, defeated): "*sigh* AMPUTEEEEEE."
Caption below the panel:
"Aaand why?"
"... peripheral vascular diseeeeease."
Votey:
A crudely drawn smiling face leans in.
Face: "See? Look how much happier I am!"
Doctor (large speech bubble): "IT WON'T SOUND SO BAD IF YOU REALLY PRONOUNCE THE 'EEEEE!'"
Patient: "I REALLY DON'T-"
Doctor: "OH COME ON!"
Patient: "I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE-"
Doctor: "C'MONNN!"
Patient (small bubble, defeated): "*sigh* AMPUTEEEEEE."
Caption below the panel:
"Aaand why?"
"... peripheral vascular diseeeeease."
Votey:
A crudely drawn smiling face leans in.
Face: "See? Look how much happier I am!"
Alt text
A single-panel cartoon. A cheerful doctor in a white coat with a head mirror leans toward a patient (a man shown from behind, seated). The doctor's large speech bubble reads: "It won't sound so bad if you really pronounce the 'EEEEE!'" The reluctant patient tries to object — "I really don't-" and "I just don't feel like-" — while the doctor insists, "Oh come on!" and "C'monnn!" Finally the patient sighs and gives in, drawing out the word: "*sigh* amputEEEEE." A caption beneath reads: "Aaand why?" / "... peripheral vascular disEEEEEase." The joke is the doctor pushing the patient to enthusiastically over-pronounce grim medical terms. Votey (aftercomic): a roughly sketched, exaggeratedly grinning face leans in and says, "See? Look how much happier I am!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.