2008-04-26
Original: 2008-04-26 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Mother (to a red-haired boy): "Son, we've decided to stop cussing in front of you. From now on, whenever one of us swears, we'll give a dollar to charity."
Panel 2:
Caption: "10 years later..."
Setting: a fast-food counter at "Temp Burger" (signage reads "WELCOME TO TEMP BURGER").
Blond coworker: "So, why couldn't you afford college?"
The now-grown red-haired young man (wearing a Temp Burger uniform): "My f--kin' parents."
Votey:
A roughly sketched close-up of the same young man's face, looking miserable.
Him: "My fuckin' life shits hell-dicks."
Mother (to a red-haired boy): "Son, we've decided to stop cussing in front of you. From now on, whenever one of us swears, we'll give a dollar to charity."
Panel 2:
Caption: "10 years later..."
Setting: a fast-food counter at "Temp Burger" (signage reads "WELCOME TO TEMP BURGER").
Blond coworker: "So, why couldn't you afford college?"
The now-grown red-haired young man (wearing a Temp Burger uniform): "My f--kin' parents."
Votey:
A roughly sketched close-up of the same young man's face, looking miserable.
Him: "My fuckin' life shits hell-dicks."
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic about a swear jar backfiring. Panel one: a smiling mother and father tell their red-haired young son, "Son, we've decided to stop cussing in front of you. From now on, whenever one of us swears, we'll give a dollar to charity." Panel two, captioned "10 years later," shows the boy now grown up and working behind a fast-food counter labeled "Welcome to Temp Burger." A blond coworker asks, "So, why couldn't you afford college?" and he replies bitterly, "My f--kin' parents" -- the implication being his parents gave away all their money to charity instead of saving for his education. Votey (aftercomic): a loose hand-drawn sketch of the grown son's glum face as he says, "My fuckin' life shits hell-dicks."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.