2010-01-20
Original: 2010-01-20 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
An old, frail, balding man lies in a hospital bed, hooked up to an IV drip with a bag of red fluid (blood). An elderly woman with gray hair and glasses sits in a chair beside the bed, leaning toward him. Above the bed, a screen or monitor (rendered like a thought display) shows the man's final thoughts in glowing yellow text.
Display screen (the dying man's thought): "I WISH I HAD BONED MY SECRETARY"
Caption (below panel): Turns out last words are preferable to last thoughts.
Votey:
Header text: EARLIER...
The same old man lies in the hospital bed, speaking aloud.
Man: "I LOVE YOU, CHERYL. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH."
An old, frail, balding man lies in a hospital bed, hooked up to an IV drip with a bag of red fluid (blood). An elderly woman with gray hair and glasses sits in a chair beside the bed, leaning toward him. Above the bed, a screen or monitor (rendered like a thought display) shows the man's final thoughts in glowing yellow text.
Display screen (the dying man's thought): "I WISH I HAD BONED MY SECRETARY"
Caption (below panel): Turns out last words are preferable to last thoughts.
Votey:
Header text: EARLIER...
The same old man lies in the hospital bed, speaking aloud.
Man: "I LOVE YOU, CHERYL. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH."
Alt text
A dying old man lies in a hospital bed hooked to an IV blood bag, while an elderly woman in glasses sits attentively beside him. A monitor above his bed displays his actual final thought in glowing yellow letters: 'I WISH I HAD BONED MY SECRETARY.' The caption reads: 'Turns out last words are preferable to last thoughts.' In the votey, labeled 'EARLIER...', the same man tenderly says aloud, 'I love you, Cheryl. I love you so much.' The joke: his spoken words are sweet and loving, but his private dying thoughts are crudely regretful.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.