2009-05-16
Original: 2009-05-16 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A line graph. The Y-axis is labeled "TOPICS YOU'RE WILLING TO ADDRESS IN A PICKUP LINE" and the X-axis is labeled "AGE." The plotted curve starts low and flat, then rises steeply upward as age increases.
Panel 2: An outdoor park scene. An older bald man (seen from behind) stands speaking to a younger woman sitting on a wooden bench. The woman is holding a baby wrapped in a pink blanket and looks uncomfortable.
Bald man: "I DON'T BELIEVE IN PUBLIC BREASTFEEDING, SO... HOW ABOUT WE GO BACK TO MY PLACE?"
Votey:
A close-up of the bald older man, now grinning.
Bald man: "I'VE GOT THE ERECTION PILLS IF YOU'VE GOT THE TIME."
Panel 2: An outdoor park scene. An older bald man (seen from behind) stands speaking to a younger woman sitting on a wooden bench. The woman is holding a baby wrapped in a pink blanket and looks uncomfortable.
Bald man: "I DON'T BELIEVE IN PUBLIC BREASTFEEDING, SO... HOW ABOUT WE GO BACK TO MY PLACE?"
Votey:
A close-up of the bald older man, now grinning.
Bald man: "I'VE GOT THE ERECTION PILLS IF YOU'VE GOT THE TIME."
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Panel one is a line graph titled "Topics you're willing to address in a pickup line" (y-axis) versus "Age" (x-axis); the curve stays low and flat at first, then shoots steeply upward with increasing age, implying that older people will say anything. Panel two illustrates the punchline: in a park, an older bald man (shown from behind) approaches a young woman seated on a bench holding her baby, and says, "I don't believe in public breastfeeding, so... how about we go back to my place?" The woman looks alarmed. In the votey (bonus panel), a close-up shows the bald man grinning as he adds, "I've got the erection pills if you've got the time."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.