2009-05-10
Original: 2009-05-10 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title banner (red, top): PARENTING TIP: WORD CHOICE IS IMPORTANT
The comic is divided into two side-by-side panels, each with a column header.
Left column header (green): ACCEPTABLE:
Right column header (red): UNACCEPTABLE:
Panel 1 (ACCEPTABLE):
A gray-haired man with a mustache, in a blue shirt, raises his fist toward a small red-haired child in a blue shirt.
Man: "YOU'RE CRUISIN' FOR A BRUISIN'!"
Panel 2 (UNACCEPTABLE):
The same man, same pose, fist raised toward the same child.
Man: "YOU'RE CRUISIN' FOR A CHILD ABUSIN'!"
Votey:
Label banner (black bar, top): HIGHLY UNACCEPTABLE
The man, now seen from behind/the side, leans toward the child with a wide grin.
Man: "AND NOW, I'M BOOZIN' FOR A... BOOZIN'."
The comic is divided into two side-by-side panels, each with a column header.
Left column header (green): ACCEPTABLE:
Right column header (red): UNACCEPTABLE:
Panel 1 (ACCEPTABLE):
A gray-haired man with a mustache, in a blue shirt, raises his fist toward a small red-haired child in a blue shirt.
Man: "YOU'RE CRUISIN' FOR A BRUISIN'!"
Panel 2 (UNACCEPTABLE):
The same man, same pose, fist raised toward the same child.
Man: "YOU'RE CRUISIN' FOR A CHILD ABUSIN'!"
Votey:
Label banner (black bar, top): HIGHLY UNACCEPTABLE
The man, now seen from behind/the side, leans toward the child with a wide grin.
Man: "AND NOW, I'M BOOZIN' FOR A... BOOZIN'."
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic under a red banner reading 'PARENTING TIP: WORD CHOICE IS IMPORTANT.' The panels are labeled with column headers: a green 'ACCEPTABLE:' on the left and a red 'UNACCEPTABLE:' on the right. In both panels a gray-haired, mustached man in a blue shirt raises his fist at a small red-haired child. In the ACCEPTABLE panel he says, 'You're cruisin' for a bruisin'!' In the UNACCEPTABLE panel, in the identical menacing pose, he says, 'You're cruisin' for a child abusin'!' — the joke being that swapping in honest words turns a cliched threat into something disturbing. Votey (aftercomic), labeled 'HIGHLY UNACCEPTABLE': the grinning man leans toward the child and says, 'And now, I'm boozin' for a... boozin'.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.