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2008-04-07

Original: 2008-04-07 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
A man stands wearing a large yellow smiley-face mask over his head. A red-haired woman in a green shirt faces him, looking upset.

Woman: WEARING THE HAPPY MASK RIGHT AFTER I GET CUSTODY OF THE KIDS?! YOU'RE DISGUSTING.

Below the panel, a hose runs from a tank labeled "CARBON MONOXIDE" up toward the scene.

Votey:
A crudely hand-drawn close-up of the smiley face, now grinning wide.

Caption: IT WEARS ME!

Alt text

A man stands with a big round yellow smiley-face mask covering his head, while a red-haired woman in a green shirt glares at him and says, "Wearing the happy mask right after I get custody of the kids?! You're disgusting." Beneath the panel, a hose leads from a tank labeled "CARBON MONOXIDE" up into the scene, implying the cheerful mask is actually carbon-monoxide poisoning forcing his face into a deadly grin. Votey: a rough hand-drawn close-up of the smiley face grinning even wider, with the caption "IT WEARS ME!" -- a twist reversing the idea of who is wearing whom.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.