2008-03-27
Original: 2008-03-27 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title panel (yellow sidebar): DOCTOR TIPS
DON'T SAY ANYTHING BEFORE THE PATIENT'S UNDER
Main panel: A surgeon in green scrubs and a white surgical mask stands over an operating table, holding up a scalpel. A patient's bare feet are visible at the foot of the table, covered by a blue surgical drape.
Surgeon: "OKAY, I CAN TOTALLY DO THIS."
Votey: A close-up line drawing of the surgeon's gloved hand holding the scalpel. Two arrows label the blade: one points to the sharp edge reading "CUTTY SIDE," the other points to the back edge reading "ROUNDY SIDE."
DON'T SAY ANYTHING BEFORE THE PATIENT'S UNDER
Main panel: A surgeon in green scrubs and a white surgical mask stands over an operating table, holding up a scalpel. A patient's bare feet are visible at the foot of the table, covered by a blue surgical drape.
Surgeon: "OKAY, I CAN TOTALLY DO THIS."
Votey: A close-up line drawing of the surgeon's gloved hand holding the scalpel. Two arrows label the blade: one points to the sharp edge reading "CUTTY SIDE," the other points to the back edge reading "ROUNDY SIDE."
Alt text
A two-part SMBC comic. Main panel: a yellow sidebar reads "DOCTOR TIPS: Don't say anything before the patient's under." Beside it, a surgeon in green scrubs and a white mask stands over an operating table, raising a scalpel. The patient's bare feet poke out from under a blue drape. The surgeon says, "Okay, I can totally do this" — the reassuring thing you do NOT want to overhear before surgery. Votey: a close-up of the surgeon's hand gripping the scalpel, with arrows helpfully labeling the blade "CUTTY SIDE" and "ROUNDY SIDE," implying he barely knows which end is which.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.