2009-01-12
Original: 2009-01-12 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
The comic is told in reverse chronological order, with each panel labeled by a time caption.
Panel 1 (caption: "CURRENTLY..."):
An older gray-haired man lunges and grabs a younger man (brown hair, red shirt) by the collar, snarling furiously. A blonde young woman in a purple top looks on in alarm behind them.
Panel 2 (caption: "15 SECONDS AGO..."):
The older gray-haired man (in profile at left): "WHAT YOU DID TO MY DAUGHTER WAS AGAINST THE RULES!"
The younger man (red shirt), with the blonde woman beside him: "SIR, THERE ARE NO SODOMY LAWS IN THIS STATE!"
Panel 3 (caption: "IN BETWEEN..."):
The blonde young woman, stepping in anxiously: "CURFEW! HE MEANS CURFEW!"
The older man gestures, mouth open.
Votey (caption: "EARLIER..."):
Two shirtless young men face each other.
One man (back to viewer, blond): "DO YOU HAVE BIRTH CONTROL?"
The other man (brown hair, smiling): "...SO TO SPEAK..."
Panel 1 (caption: "CURRENTLY..."):
An older gray-haired man lunges and grabs a younger man (brown hair, red shirt) by the collar, snarling furiously. A blonde young woman in a purple top looks on in alarm behind them.
Panel 2 (caption: "15 SECONDS AGO..."):
The older gray-haired man (in profile at left): "WHAT YOU DID TO MY DAUGHTER WAS AGAINST THE RULES!"
The younger man (red shirt), with the blonde woman beside him: "SIR, THERE ARE NO SODOMY LAWS IN THIS STATE!"
Panel 3 (caption: "IN BETWEEN..."):
The blonde young woman, stepping in anxiously: "CURFEW! HE MEANS CURFEW!"
The older man gestures, mouth open.
Votey (caption: "EARLIER..."):
Two shirtless young men face each other.
One man (back to viewer, blond): "DO YOU HAVE BIRTH CONTROL?"
The other man (brown hair, smiling): "...SO TO SPEAK..."
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic told in reverse chronological order, each panel headed by a time caption. Panel 1 ("CURRENTLY..."): an enraged older gray-haired man grabs a younger man in a red shirt by the collar while a blonde woman in purple watches in alarm. Panel 2 ("15 SECONDS AGO..."): the older man shouts, "What you did to my daughter was against the rules!" The younger man replies, "Sir, there are no sodomy laws in this state!" Panel 3 ("IN BETWEEN..."): the blonde woman frantically interjects, "Curfew! He means curfew!" trying to cover for his blunder. The votey panel ("EARLIER...") shows the punchline that explains the accusation: two shirtless young men talk, one asking "Do you have birth control?" and the other, smiling, answering "...so to speak..." implying the daughter's partner was actually a man.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.