2009-05-29
Original: 2009-05-29 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: An elderly woman with orange hair, in a purple gown, stands gripping a vertical support pole next to a hospital bed. A placard on the bed reads:
SIGN: TIRED OF BEING DEPENDENT ON EVERYONE ELSE
Panel 2: Close-up of the same elderly woman's tired, determined face as she grips the pole.
Panel 3: The orange-haired woman sits on a couch beside a second elderly woman in green who wears a headband/visor and holds a cane. The woman in green gestures instructively.
WOMAN IN GREEN: FIRST MAKE THE LOOP, THEN TWIRL
Votey:
A hand-drawn place card / folded tent sign sitting on a surface reads:
SIGN: I DID IT!
SIGN: TIRED OF BEING DEPENDENT ON EVERYONE ELSE
Panel 2: Close-up of the same elderly woman's tired, determined face as she grips the pole.
Panel 3: The orange-haired woman sits on a couch beside a second elderly woman in green who wears a headband/visor and holds a cane. The woman in green gestures instructively.
WOMAN IN GREEN: FIRST MAKE THE LOOP, THEN TWIRL
Votey:
A hand-drawn place card / folded tent sign sitting on a surface reads:
SIGN: I DID IT!
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: an elderly orange-haired woman in a purple hospital gown grips a vertical support pole by a hospital bed; a placard on the bed reads 'TIRED OF BEING DEPENDENT ON EVERYONE ELSE.' Panel 2: a close-up of her tired but determined face. Panel 3: she sits on a couch next to another elderly woman in green wearing a visor and holding a cane, who instructs her: 'FIRST MAKE THE LOOP, THEN TWIRL' — the implied lesson being twirling a cane/baton rather than walking unaided. Votey: a crude hand-drawn folded place card reads 'I DID IT!', the woman proudly celebrating having mastered the twirl.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.