2008-08-18
Original: 2008-08-18 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title (above the comic): NATURAL SELECTION: HARD AT WORK
Panel 1: Label: "THE CHEETAH..." A cheetah sprints across a green field.
Panel 2: Label: "THE BEAR..." A brown bear roars, mouth open wide showing teeth.
Panel 3: Label: "THE HUMAN..." A man with red hair sits shirtless in a bed. A woman with red hair faces him, holding a bottle labeled ASPIRIN.
Woman: ARE YOU ON THE PILL?
Man: I'M ON A PILL
Votey:
The woman, again with the man (his nude body shown from behind/side).
Woman: ARE YOU WEARING A CONDOM.
Man: YEP.
Panel 1: Label: "THE CHEETAH..." A cheetah sprints across a green field.
Panel 2: Label: "THE BEAR..." A brown bear roars, mouth open wide showing teeth.
Panel 3: Label: "THE HUMAN..." A man with red hair sits shirtless in a bed. A woman with red hair faces him, holding a bottle labeled ASPIRIN.
Woman: ARE YOU ON THE PILL?
Man: I'M ON A PILL
Votey:
The woman, again with the man (his nude body shown from behind/side).
Woman: ARE YOU WEARING A CONDOM.
Man: YEP.
Alt text
Three-panel comic titled "NATURAL SELECTION: HARD AT WORK." Panel 1, labeled "THE CHEETAH...", shows a cheetah sprinting across a field. Panel 2, labeled "THE BEAR...", shows a brown bear roaring with teeth bared. Panel 3, labeled "THE HUMAN...", shows a red-haired man sitting shirtless in bed while a red-haired woman holds up a bottle labeled ASPIRIN. She asks, "Are you on the pill?" He replies, "I'm on A pill" (emphasis on "a"). The joke: where other animals embody speed or ferocity, the human's edge is being a clueless, evasive partner thwarting reproduction. Votey (bonus panel, black-and-white): the woman asks the man, "Are you wearing a condom." He answers, "Yep." implying he has lied or misunderstood yet again.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.