2008-01-11
Original: 2008-01-11 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1
Man on the phone (a man with orange/red hair, seen from behind): "Hey, Susie. Hi. I know you're probably out with your new boyfriend, but I happen to be about to kill myself, and thought you might like to talk me down. Uh huh. Uh huh. Cut ALONG the vein. Gotcha."
Votey:
Grinning man: "Bet she wouldn't have shared that with the new guy!"
Man on the phone (a man with orange/red hair, seen from behind): "Hey, Susie. Hi. I know you're probably out with your new boyfriend, but I happen to be about to kill myself, and thought you might like to talk me down. Uh huh. Uh huh. Cut ALONG the vein. Gotcha."
Votey:
Grinning man: "Bet she wouldn't have shared that with the new guy!"
Alt text
A single-panel comic. A man with orange hair, seen from behind, sits in a dim room holding a phone to his ear, with a television in front of him. His speech bubble reads: "Hey, Susie. Hi. I know you're probably out with your new boyfriend, but I happen to be about to kill myself, and thought you might like to talk me down. Uh huh. Uh huh. Cut ALONG the vein. Gotcha." The joke: he called his ex during a suicide attempt and she helpfully coaches him on technique rather than talking him down. Votey (a small bonus panel): a grinning man says, "Bet she wouldn't have shared that with the new guy!" — spinning the bitter exchange as a perverse point of pride over the new boyfriend.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.