2007-06-07
Original: 2007-06-07 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title text below panel: Malpractice.
Single panel: Two masked surgeons in scrubs stand over a bald patient lying on an operating table.
First surgeon (an assistant, gesturing): DOCTOR! YOU JUST DESTROYED HIS PARIETAL LOBE!
Second surgeon (the doctor, holding a surgical instrument): OH GOD... WAIT... ISN'T THAT THE LOCATION OF ABSTRACT THOUGHT?
First surgeon: Y-YES?
Second surgeon: PROBLEM SOLVED.
Votey:
Single panel: A close-up of the bald patient's face, drawn in a loose sketchy style, smiling contentedly.
Patient (in a speech bubble): It's abstract to me!
Single panel: Two masked surgeons in scrubs stand over a bald patient lying on an operating table.
First surgeon (an assistant, gesturing): DOCTOR! YOU JUST DESTROYED HIS PARIETAL LOBE!
Second surgeon (the doctor, holding a surgical instrument): OH GOD... WAIT... ISN'T THAT THE LOCATION OF ABSTRACT THOUGHT?
First surgeon: Y-YES?
Second surgeon: PROBLEM SOLVED.
Votey:
Single panel: A close-up of the bald patient's face, drawn in a loose sketchy style, smiling contentedly.
Patient (in a speech bubble): It's abstract to me!
Alt text
A single-panel SMBC comic. Two masked surgeons in blue scrubs stand over a bald patient lying on an operating table in a green-walled operating room. The first surgeon points and exclaims, "Doctor! You just destroyed his parietal lobe!" The second surgeon, holding a surgical instrument, says, "Oh god... wait... isn't that the location of abstract thought?" The first replies, "Y-yes?" and the doctor concludes, "Problem solved." The caption below reads: Malpractice. Votey (aftercomic): a loose sketch close-up of the bald patient's smiling face, saying in a speech bubble, "It's abstract to me!" — the patient can no longer grasp the abstract concept of his own brain damage being a problem.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.