2008-10-09
Original: 2008-10-09 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel):
A man with reddish hair holds another man in a headlock from behind, pressing a gun to the back of his captive's head.
Man with the gun: "I'M GONNA KILL YOUR HUSBAND!"
A woman with brown hair and glasses, facing them with her hands raised: "NO! PLEASE! BE REASONABLE! LOWER THE GUN!"
Caption below the panel (the woman's inner reasoning): "Another inch. Yeah, another inch. There. Now you're at the cerebellum."
Votey:
Header banner: "EARLIER..."
The same brown-haired woman with glasses sits reading a large book labeled "NEUROANATOMY," looking bored.
Woman: "UGH. I'LL PROBABLY NEVER USE ANY OF THIS."
A man with reddish hair holds another man in a headlock from behind, pressing a gun to the back of his captive's head.
Man with the gun: "I'M GONNA KILL YOUR HUSBAND!"
A woman with brown hair and glasses, facing them with her hands raised: "NO! PLEASE! BE REASONABLE! LOWER THE GUN!"
Caption below the panel (the woman's inner reasoning): "Another inch. Yeah, another inch. There. Now you're at the cerebellum."
Votey:
Header banner: "EARLIER..."
The same brown-haired woman with glasses sits reading a large book labeled "NEUROANATOMY," looking bored.
Woman: "UGH. I'LL PROBABLY NEVER USE ANY OF THIS."
Alt text
Main comic, one panel: A red-haired man holds a man in a headlock from behind and presses a gun to the back of his captive's head, shouting "I'm gonna kill your husband!" A brown-haired woman in glasses faces them with hands raised, pleading "No! Please! Be reasonable! Lower the gun!" The caption below reveals her real motive as she coaxes the gun's position: "Another inch. Yeah, another inch. There. Now you're at the cerebellum." She isn't begging for mercy; she's aiming the gunman's weapon at the most lethal spot on her husband's skull. Votey, labeled "Earlier...": the same woman sits bored over a giant textbook titled "Neuroanatomy," thinking "Ugh. I'll probably never use any of this." The punchline: the anatomy she dismissed is exactly what she's now using.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.