2008-11-21
Original: 2008-11-21 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (caption banner at top): MANY OF US FELT THE TENOR OF THE SPELLING BEE CHANGED ONCE THE PRINCIPAL'S SON MADE THE SEMIFINALS
Panel 1 (scene below banner):
Red-haired girl (a young speller at the microphone): Could... could you use that in a sentence?
Principal Jones (a gray-haired man seated at a judges' table labeled "PRINCIPAL JONES"): I had sex with your mother, Santa Claus is dead, nightmares are a window into your afterlife, and floccinaucinihilipilification probably contains a "y". Floccinaucinihilipilification.
Votey:
The principal leans forward, pointing at the girl, grinning.
Principal: WRONG!
(On a small sign/scoreboard behind: "F-L-O-...")
Panel 1 (scene below banner):
Red-haired girl (a young speller at the microphone): Could... could you use that in a sentence?
Principal Jones (a gray-haired man seated at a judges' table labeled "PRINCIPAL JONES"): I had sex with your mother, Santa Claus is dead, nightmares are a window into your afterlife, and floccinaucinihilipilification probably contains a "y". Floccinaucinihilipilification.
Votey:
The principal leans forward, pointing at the girl, grinning.
Principal: WRONG!
(On a small sign/scoreboard behind: "F-L-O-...")
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. The main panel has a yellow caption banner reading: "Many of us felt the tenor of the spelling bee changed once the principal's son made the semifinals." Below, a school spelling bee: a red-haired girl stands at a microphone and asks, "Could... could you use that in a sentence?" A gray-haired man at a judges' table labeled "Principal Jones" replies, "I had sex with your mother, Santa Claus is dead, nightmares are a window into your afterlife, and floccinaucinihilipilification probably contains a 'y'. Floccinaucinihilipilification." The votey, in rough black-and-white sketch, shows the grinning principal leaning forward and pointing at the girl, shouting "WRONG!" as a sign behind reads "F-L-O-". The joke: the principal abuses his judging power to rattle a rival speller with cruel non-sequiturs, then declares her wrong.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.