2007-08-01
Original: 2007-08-01 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man with flame-like red hair holds a phone to his ear, looking distressed.
Man (on phone): I WANT TEN BILLION DOLLARS BY TOMORROW NIGHT, OR YOU MAY NEVER SEE YOUR SON AGAIN!
Man (replying, smaller speech bubble): ...MY SON IS RIGHT HERE...
Man (on phone): I SAID "MAY!"
Votey:
A hand-drawn check. Written on it: "Ten billion dollars". Below that: "This check MAY be void". A signature is scrawled in the corner.
A man with flame-like red hair holds a phone to his ear, looking distressed.
Man (on phone): I WANT TEN BILLION DOLLARS BY TOMORROW NIGHT, OR YOU MAY NEVER SEE YOUR SON AGAIN!
Man (replying, smaller speech bubble): ...MY SON IS RIGHT HERE...
Man (on phone): I SAID "MAY!"
Votey:
A hand-drawn check. Written on it: "Ten billion dollars". Below that: "This check MAY be void". A signature is scrawled in the corner.
Alt text
A man with spiky, flame-like red hair holds a phone to his ear, looking strained. He says into the phone, "I WANT TEN BILLION DOLLARS BY TOMORROW NIGHT, OR YOU MAY NEVER SEE YOUR SON AGAIN!" The person on the other end replies, "...My son is right here..." The man insists, "I said 'MAY!'" The joke is that his ransom threat is technically just a vague possibility, not a real threat. Votey: A hand-drawn check made out for "Ten billion dollars," with a signature and the note "This check MAY be void" written on it, reusing the same weaselly 'may' loophole.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.