2010-03-24
Original: 2010-03-24 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (nighttime, the Washington Monument with two red lights at its top across a reflecting pool):
Child: DADDY, WHAT ARE THE TWO RED LIGHTS AT THE TOP OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
Panel 2 (header banner: GOOD PARENTING; the father smiles warmly at the child):
Father: THOSE ARE CALLED AIRCRAFT WARNING LIGHTS.
Panel 3 (header banner: FUN PARENTING; the father, wide-eyed and sweating, leans in):
Father: THAT'S WASHINGTON... WATCHING.
Votey:
The father, grinning slyly:
Father: IT'S WHY THE BRITISH HAVEN'T RETURNED.
Child: DADDY, WHAT ARE THE TWO RED LIGHTS AT THE TOP OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
Panel 2 (header banner: GOOD PARENTING; the father smiles warmly at the child):
Father: THOSE ARE CALLED AIRCRAFT WARNING LIGHTS.
Panel 3 (header banner: FUN PARENTING; the father, wide-eyed and sweating, leans in):
Father: THAT'S WASHINGTON... WATCHING.
Votey:
The father, grinning slyly:
Father: IT'S WHY THE BRITISH HAVEN'T RETURNED.
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic about parenting. Panel 1: At night, a man in a green shirt and his young child stand by a reflecting pool looking at the Washington Monument, which has two glowing red lights at its top. The child asks, "Daddy, what are the two red lights at the top of the Washington Monument." Panel 2 is labeled with a banner reading "GOOD PARENTING": the father smiles warmly and answers, "Those are called aircraft warning lights." Panel 3 is labeled "FUN PARENTING": the same father, now wide-eyed and sweating with an unsettling expression, leans toward the child and says, "That's Washington... watching." Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the grinning father adding, "It's why the British haven't returned."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.