2006-11-22
Original: 2006-11-22 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title banner: SMBC PRESENTS: PARENTING TIPS! EPISODE ONE: ENCOURAGEMENT
Panel 1:
A man holds a child while gazing up at a starry night sky.
Man: "Someday son, someone is going to set up the first colony on Mars. And son, that colony is going to need a janitor."
Caption below the panel: "You could live long enough to read about him."
Votey:
A close-up sketch of the man's head in profile.
Man: "If you were a better reader."
Panel 1:
A man holds a child while gazing up at a starry night sky.
Man: "Someday son, someone is going to set up the first colony on Mars. And son, that colony is going to need a janitor."
Caption below the panel: "You could live long enough to read about him."
Votey:
A close-up sketch of the man's head in profile.
Man: "If you were a better reader."
Alt text
A title banner reads "SMBC PRESENTS: PARENTING TIPS! EPISODE ONE: ENCOURAGEMENT." In the single panel, a man holds his young son and looks up at a star-filled night sky. He says, "Someday son, someone is going to set up the first colony on Mars. And son, that colony is going to need a janitor." A caption under the panel adds his next words: "You could live long enough to read about him." In the votey aftercomic, a simple line drawing shows a close-up of the man's head in profile as he finishes the backhanded encouragement: "If you were a better reader." The joke is a parent's relentlessly low expectations dressed up as motivational talk.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.