2009-10-07
Original: 2009-10-07 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A boy with red hair speaks to an older man with gray hair, glasses, and a mustache (his father).
Boy: "Daddy, I have this... friend, and, he's real nice, but he spends half his time running around the playground, kicking kids in the shins and mashing dirt in their faces."
Below the panel, two captions:
Best Possible Fathering:
"Focus on your studies and don't make pals with kids like that."
Worst Possible Fathering:
"I'm not your friend, son."
Votey:
A rough black-and-white sketch of a person with a hand pressed dramatically against their forehead in distress. A speech bubble reads "BOOM!" and a small thought/label reads "DIRT!"
A boy with red hair speaks to an older man with gray hair, glasses, and a mustache (his father).
Boy: "Daddy, I have this... friend, and, he's real nice, but he spends half his time running around the playground, kicking kids in the shins and mashing dirt in their faces."
Below the panel, two captions:
Best Possible Fathering:
"Focus on your studies and don't make pals with kids like that."
Worst Possible Fathering:
"I'm not your friend, son."
Votey:
A rough black-and-white sketch of a person with a hand pressed dramatically against their forehead in distress. A speech bubble reads "BOOM!" and a small thought/label reads "DIRT!"
Alt text
A red-haired boy talks to his older, mustachioed, bespectacled father. The boy says: "Daddy, I have this... friend, and, he's real nice, but he spends half his time running around the playground, kicking kids in the shins and mashing dirt in their faces." Two captions follow. Best Possible Fathering: "Focus on your studies and don't make pals with kids like that." Worst Possible Fathering: "I'm not your friend, son" -- the dad realizing the boy is describing himself. Votey: a crude sketch of a figure with a hand clapped to its forehead in dismay, with a "BOOM!" speech bubble and a small "DIRT!" label, capturing the punchline landing.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.