2009-06-10
Original: 2009-06-10 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Main comic:
Scene: The interior of a car, viewed from behind the front seats. A red-haired child and a blonde woman sit in the back seat; a man and a woman sit in the front seats.
Child (from back seat): MOM, DAD! I HAVE ENNUI!
Front-seat parent (Dad): WELL, YOU SHOULD'VE MADE PEACE WITH THE ABSURDITY OF HUMAN EXISTENCE BEFORE WE STARTED DRIVING!
Caption (below panel): Dad eventually pulled over at a frozen lake, which represented the sublime beauty of impermanence, but he was pretty annoyed about it.
Votey:
Scene: A boy speaking.
Boy: I HAVE TO GO AGAIN!
Other voice (off-panel speech bubble): YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DRANK ALL THAT ABSINTHE!
Scene: The interior of a car, viewed from behind the front seats. A red-haired child and a blonde woman sit in the back seat; a man and a woman sit in the front seats.
Child (from back seat): MOM, DAD! I HAVE ENNUI!
Front-seat parent (Dad): WELL, YOU SHOULD'VE MADE PEACE WITH THE ABSURDITY OF HUMAN EXISTENCE BEFORE WE STARTED DRIVING!
Caption (below panel): Dad eventually pulled over at a frozen lake, which represented the sublime beauty of impermanence, but he was pretty annoyed about it.
Votey:
Scene: A boy speaking.
Boy: I HAVE TO GO AGAIN!
Other voice (off-panel speech bubble): YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DRANK ALL THAT ABSINTHE!
Alt text
A cartoon shows the inside of a car from behind the front seats, with two kids in back and two parents up front. A child calls out, "Mom, Dad! I have ennui!" The dad replies, "Well, you should've made peace with the absurdity of human existence before we started driving!" A caption reads: "Dad eventually pulled over at a frozen lake, which represented the sublime beauty of impermanence, but he was pretty annoyed about it." The joke treats a child's existential complaint like a kid whining they need to pee. The votey aftercomic confirms this: a boy says "I have to go again!" and an off-panel voice answers, "You shouldn't have drank all that absinthe!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.