2008-02-05
Original: 2008-02-05 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Two men stand at the railing of a boat at night, a full moon in the sky behind them. One is a younger, clean-shaven man in a fishing vest and collared shirt. The other is an older man wearing a bucket hat (decorated with fishing lures/flies), glasses, and green overalls.
Caption below the panel:
Feb 5,
Things I now believe in:
Mermaids
Things I no longer believe in:
Dynamite fishing.
Votey:
Close-up of the older man's face in the bucket hat and glasses.
Man: "Can't beat the flavor, though!"
Two men stand at the railing of a boat at night, a full moon in the sky behind them. One is a younger, clean-shaven man in a fishing vest and collared shirt. The other is an older man wearing a bucket hat (decorated with fishing lures/flies), glasses, and green overalls.
Caption below the panel:
Feb 5,
Things I now believe in:
Mermaids
Things I no longer believe in:
Dynamite fishing.
Votey:
Close-up of the older man's face in the bucket hat and glasses.
Man: "Can't beat the flavor, though!"
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Main panel: two men lean on the railing of a boat at night under a full moon. The younger man wears a fishing vest; the older man wears a lure-studded bucket hat, glasses, and green overalls, both looking shaken. A handwritten diary-style caption reads: "Feb 5, Things I now believe in: Mermaids. Things I no longer believe in: Dynamite fishing." The joke implies a dynamite-fishing trip went horribly enough that he now believes mermaids are real but has sworn off dynamite fishing. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the older man's face, who adds, "Can't beat the flavor, though!" — admitting that despite everything, dynamite-blasted fish still taste best.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.