2009-01-07
Original: 2009-01-07 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Caption (top banner): BEST PART OF CONVINCING YOUR FRIEND HE'S A CIA OPERATIVE: HAVING HIM REPORT TO YOU IN CODE
Panel 1:
A young man with red, flame-like hair holds binoculars up to his eyes with one hand while pressing his other hand to his ear (as if listening to an earpiece). He speaks into it.
Man: THE HOMELY VIRGIN IS BEING SUCKERED! REPEAT: THE HOMELY VIRGIN IS BEING SUCKERED!
Votey:
Text (a person speaking from behind, to a woman who does not turn around): DON'T TURN AROUND I'M AGENT 4, AND I HAVE A MESSAGE. YOUR ASS IS ENORMOUS. NEW PANTS NECESSARY.
Panel 1:
A young man with red, flame-like hair holds binoculars up to his eyes with one hand while pressing his other hand to his ear (as if listening to an earpiece). He speaks into it.
Man: THE HOMELY VIRGIN IS BEING SUCKERED! REPEAT: THE HOMELY VIRGIN IS BEING SUCKERED!
Votey:
Text (a person speaking from behind, to a woman who does not turn around): DON'T TURN AROUND I'M AGENT 4, AND I HAVE A MESSAGE. YOUR ASS IS ENORMOUS. NEW PANTS NECESSARY.
Alt text
Top caption: "Best part of convincing your friend he's a CIA operative: having him report to you in code." In the single panel, a young man with red flame-like hair holds binoculars to his eyes and presses a hand to his ear like an earpiece, urgently reporting: "The homely virgin is being suckered! Repeat: the homely virgin is being suckered!" The joke is that the so-called secret code is actually a blunt, insulting description of the very friend being tricked. Votey (aftercomic): two people stand close together, one behind the other; the one in back addresses the woman in front without her turning around: "Don't turn around. I'm Agent 4, and I have a message. Your ass is enormous. New pants necessary." Another supposed coded mission relayed as a flatly rude personal remark.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.