2009-07-12
Original: 2009-07-12 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Doctor (a dark-skinned man wearing a head mirror and white coat): WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REMOVE BOTH OF YOUR EYES. WE HAVE SOME GLASS EYES, WHICH-
Elderly man (white-haired, seated): NO, NO. THAT'LL TERRIFY MY GRANDKIDS. GIVE ME A WEEK TO THINK ABOUT IT.
Panel 2:
Elderly man (now wearing a blindfold over his eyes, addressing two red-haired boys): SAY, BOYS, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE THING IN THE WORLD?
Panel 3 (caption bar reads "SOON..."):
The two red-haired boys grin eagerly, fists clenched in anticipation.
Panel 4:
The elderly man is seen from behind/side, his head now strangely large and bald with white hair. The two boys look up, slightly nervous.
Elderly man: CHOCOLATE, VANILLA, OR SWIRL?
Votey:
One of the boys, looking distressed: WE SAID STRAWBERRY!
Doctor (a dark-skinned man wearing a head mirror and white coat): WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REMOVE BOTH OF YOUR EYES. WE HAVE SOME GLASS EYES, WHICH-
Elderly man (white-haired, seated): NO, NO. THAT'LL TERRIFY MY GRANDKIDS. GIVE ME A WEEK TO THINK ABOUT IT.
Panel 2:
Elderly man (now wearing a blindfold over his eyes, addressing two red-haired boys): SAY, BOYS, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE THING IN THE WORLD?
Panel 3 (caption bar reads "SOON..."):
The two red-haired boys grin eagerly, fists clenched in anticipation.
Panel 4:
The elderly man is seen from behind/side, his head now strangely large and bald with white hair. The two boys look up, slightly nervous.
Elderly man: CHOCOLATE, VANILLA, OR SWIRL?
Votey:
One of the boys, looking distressed: WE SAID STRAWBERRY!
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A doctor with a head mirror tells a white-haired elderly man, "We're going to have to remove both of your eyes. We have some glass eyes, which-" The man replies, "No, no. That'll terrify my grandkids. Give me a week to think about it." Panel 2: The old man, now wearing a blindfold, asks two red-haired boys, "Say, boys, what's your favorite thing in the world?" Panel 3, captioned "Soon...": the two boys grin with eager anticipation, fists clenched. Panel 4: The old man's empty eye sockets are now apparently filled with scoops of ice cream as he asks, "Chocolate, vanilla, or swirl?" The boys look queasy. The joke: he replaced his missing eyes with ice cream and is offering the boys flavors from his eye sockets. Votey aftercomic: a distressed boy cries, "We said strawberry!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.