2010-03-02
Original: 2010-03-02 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A woman holding a newborn baby speaks to another woman.
Woman with baby: MY HUSBAND DIED DUE TO A MEDICAL TYPO! I'M GONNA GIVE MY SON A NAME THAT MAKES SURE HE ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECKS MEDICAL FORMS.
Other woman: HOW WOULD A NAME DO THAT?
Panel 2 (caption banner): 30 YEARS LATER...
A nurse stands holding a clipboard/form, reading a name aloud to a man seated on a couch.
Nurse: PENISECTOMY JONES?
Man on couch: RIGHT HERE.
Votey:
Close-up of the man's face.
Man: JUST CALL ME DICK.
A woman holding a newborn baby speaks to another woman.
Woman with baby: MY HUSBAND DIED DUE TO A MEDICAL TYPO! I'M GONNA GIVE MY SON A NAME THAT MAKES SURE HE ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECKS MEDICAL FORMS.
Other woman: HOW WOULD A NAME DO THAT?
Panel 2 (caption banner): 30 YEARS LATER...
A nurse stands holding a clipboard/form, reading a name aloud to a man seated on a couch.
Nurse: PENISECTOMY JONES?
Man on couch: RIGHT HERE.
Votey:
Close-up of the man's face.
Man: JUST CALL ME DICK.
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Panel one: a distraught woman cradling a newborn baby tells another woman, "My husband died due to a medical typo! I'm gonna give my son a name that makes sure he always double checks medical forms." The other woman asks, "How would a name do that?" Panel two, captioned "30 years later...": a nurse holding a clipboard reads aloud in a waiting room, "Penisectomy Jones?" A man slouched on a couch raises his hand and says, "Right here." Votey aftercomic: a close-up of the weary man's face as he says, "Just call me Dick."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.