2006-09-16
Original: 2006-09-16 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Patient (a man with orange hair, seated at a desk): "Doc, am I gonna be okay?"
Doctor (Dr. Stern, wearing a head mirror and lab coat, giving a thumbs up): "Well, with that life insurance policy, your wife will be doing pretty good!"
Caption (below panel):
"After he stopped laughing, Dr. Stern somberly handed me a list of funeral homes noting, 'you have three hours to pick. Well... about two hours and fifty-eight minutes now.'"
Votey:
A roughly sketched close-up of a doctor's face, speaking from a speech bubble: "Give men 30 to prep your bill" (text appears hastily handwritten, likely "Give me 30 to prep your bill").
Patient (a man with orange hair, seated at a desk): "Doc, am I gonna be okay?"
Doctor (Dr. Stern, wearing a head mirror and lab coat, giving a thumbs up): "Well, with that life insurance policy, your wife will be doing pretty good!"
Caption (below panel):
"After he stopped laughing, Dr. Stern somberly handed me a list of funeral homes noting, 'you have three hours to pick. Well... about two hours and fifty-eight minutes now.'"
Votey:
A roughly sketched close-up of a doctor's face, speaking from a speech bubble: "Give men 30 to prep your bill" (text appears hastily handwritten, likely "Give me 30 to prep your bill").
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic about a tactless doctor. Main panel: an orange-haired man sits at a desk asking his doctor, "Doc, am I gonna be okay?" The doctor, wearing a head mirror and lab coat, grins and gives a thumbs up while replying, "Well, with that life insurance policy, your wife will be doing pretty good!" A caption beneath reads: "After he stopped laughing, Dr. Stern somberly handed me a list of funeral homes noting, 'you have three hours to pick. Well... about two hours and fifty-eight minutes now.'" The joke: the doctor cheerfully confirms the patient is doomed and keeps tallying the dwindling time. Votey (aftercomic): a loose hand-drawn close-up of the doctor's face saying, "Give me 30 to prep your bill" — adding insult by billing the dying man.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.