2009-05-02
Original: 2009-05-02 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title caption (top banner): FROM ACROSS THE ROOM, WE SAW EACH OTHER
Panel: A scene in what appears to be a library or bookstore with tall shelves. A man with reddish-brown hair stands on the left, facing right. A blonde woman wearing a green top and a blue skirt, with a backpack, stands on the right, facing him and smiling. Two sets of dashed sight-lines connect their eyes: red dashed lines and blue dashed lines, which take noticeably different paths between the two people.
Legend below the panel:
[red line] What you told your kids.
[blue line] The truth.
Votey:
Handwritten note on paper:
OTHER POPULAR LIES:
- WE NEVER FOUGHT
- HE FELL ON THAT KNIFE
Panel: A scene in what appears to be a library or bookstore with tall shelves. A man with reddish-brown hair stands on the left, facing right. A blonde woman wearing a green top and a blue skirt, with a backpack, stands on the right, facing him and smiling. Two sets of dashed sight-lines connect their eyes: red dashed lines and blue dashed lines, which take noticeably different paths between the two people.
Legend below the panel:
[red line] What you told your kids.
[blue line] The truth.
Votey:
Handwritten note on paper:
OTHER POPULAR LIES:
- WE NEVER FOUGHT
- HE FELL ON THAT KNIFE
Alt text
An SMBC comic. A top banner reads 'FROM ACROSS THE ROOM, WE SAW EACH OTHER.' The panel shows a library or bookstore: a reddish-brown-haired man on the left faces a smiling blonde woman in a green top and blue skirt on the right. Two sets of dashed sight-lines connect their eyes. A legend identifies a straight, direct red line as 'What you told your kids' and a meandering, wandering blue line as 'The truth' — implying the real story of how the parents met was far less romantic and direct than the idealized version told to the children. Votey: a handwritten note titled 'OTHER POPULAR LIES:' listing '- WE NEVER FOUGHT' and '- HE FELL ON THAT KNIFE' (with 'FELL' underlined), more darkly comic examples of the sanitized family lies parents tell.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.