2010-12-25
Original: 2010-12-25 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Setting: a dimly lit bar with other patrons in the background.
Man (bespectacled, in a tan blazer over a light blue shirt, gesturing toward a woman seen from behind in the foreground): "YOU MUST BE STAGE 3 SYPHILIS, 'CAUSE I CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD."
Caption (below panel): Pickup lines are very different in the medical community.
Votey:
Close-up of the same man's face, now drawn in a rough sketchy style, wide-eyed and distressed.
Man (small speech bubble): "PLEASE HELP ME."
Setting: a dimly lit bar with other patrons in the background.
Man (bespectacled, in a tan blazer over a light blue shirt, gesturing toward a woman seen from behind in the foreground): "YOU MUST BE STAGE 3 SYPHILIS, 'CAUSE I CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD."
Caption (below panel): Pickup lines are very different in the medical community.
Votey:
Close-up of the same man's face, now drawn in a rough sketchy style, wide-eyed and distressed.
Man (small speech bubble): "PLEASE HELP ME."
Alt text
Main comic: In a dim bar, a bespectacled man in a tan blazer leans toward a woman (seen from behind in the foreground), gesturing as he delivers a pickup line: 'You must be stage 3 syphilis, 'cause I can't get you out of my head.' Other patrons sit in the shadowy background. A caption below reads: 'Pickup lines are very different in the medical community.' The joke is a medical-themed twist on a corny pickup line, since stage 3 (tertiary) syphilis can affect the brain. Votey: A rough, sketchy black-and-white close-up of the same man's face, eyes wide and expression panicked and pleading, with a small speech bubble saying 'Please help me.' — implying he is horrified by his own line and the situation.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.