2010-08-26
Original: 2010-08-26 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Blonde woman (holding a book labeled GRAMMAR): Good question! Let's see what a group of Latin-obsessed 17th century introverts decided!
Panel 2:
(A row of five stern, glowering 17th-century men in ruffs, a top hat, an eyepatch, and a curly wig)
The men (in unison): NOOOO.
Panel 3:
Blonde woman (closing her book): Well, that settles that!
(The brown-haired woman frowns, unimpressed.)
Panel 4 (labeled EARLIER...):
Brown-haired woman (holding a piece of paper): Can I end my sentence with a preposition?
(The blonde woman smiles.)
Votey:
Hand-lettered sign reading: NO DANCING NO FORNICATING NO POSTPOSITION PREPOSITIONS!
Blonde woman (holding a book labeled GRAMMAR): Good question! Let's see what a group of Latin-obsessed 17th century introverts decided!
Panel 2:
(A row of five stern, glowering 17th-century men in ruffs, a top hat, an eyepatch, and a curly wig)
The men (in unison): NOOOO.
Panel 3:
Blonde woman (closing her book): Well, that settles that!
(The brown-haired woman frowns, unimpressed.)
Panel 4 (labeled EARLIER...):
Brown-haired woman (holding a piece of paper): Can I end my sentence with a preposition?
(The blonde woman smiles.)
Votey:
Hand-lettered sign reading: NO DANCING NO FORNICATING NO POSTPOSITION PREPOSITIONS!
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic about the grammar 'rule' against ending a sentence with a preposition. The bottom panel is labeled EARLIER: a brown-haired woman holding a paper asks a smiling blonde woman, 'Can I end my sentence with a preposition?' In the top panel the blonde woman, holding a book labeled GRAMMAR, says, 'Good question! Let's see what a group of Latin-obsessed 17th century introverts decided!' Next, a row of five stern, glowering 17th-century men (ruffs, top hat, eyepatch, curly wig) declare in unison, 'NOOOO.' Finally the blonde woman closes her book and says, 'Well, that settles that!' while the brown-haired woman frowns, unimpressed. Votey (aftercomic): a hand-lettered sign reading 'NO DANCING / NO FORNICATING / NO POSTPOSITION PREPOSITIONS!', equating the prim grammar rule with puritanical prohibitions.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.