2011-06-03
Original: 2011-06-03 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (holding a drink, talking to a woman across a table): MY BOSS IS SO STINGY WITH PAPER! IT'S LIKE... WE'RE TRYING TO GET A JOB DONE HERE, MAN!
Woman: YEAH!
Panel 2:
Man: SO MAYBE I MADE A FEW THOUSAND COPIES FOR PERSONAL USE. THEY'RE COMPANY PROPERTY! AND I WORK FOR A COMPANY.
Woman: OKAY...
Panel 3:
Man: AND WERE THEY COPIES OF MY TESTICLES? YES, BUT I ALWAYS WIPE DOWN AFTERWARD! THAT'S A RULE FOR ME.
Woman: UHHH...
Panel 4 (a line graph):
Y-axis label: AGREEMENT WITH CO-WORKER
X-axis label: TIME
The curve rises sharply to a peak, then plunges down past the bottom of the axis (with an arrow pointing down into the next panel).
Caption (underlined heading): The Agreement Inflection
Also known as the "Uhhh...rabola." Describes the most awkward form of friendly interaction.
Panel 5:
Man: AND MAYBE I DID SEND THOSE PICTURES TO HIS TEENAGE DAUGHTER. SHE HAS THE INTERNET! SHE WAS GONNA SEE MY BALLS EVENTUALLY.
Votey:
A person sits hunched at a computer, seen from behind, typing at a keyboard.
Person (thought/speech bubble): BUNCHA FASCISTS.
Man (holding a drink, talking to a woman across a table): MY BOSS IS SO STINGY WITH PAPER! IT'S LIKE... WE'RE TRYING TO GET A JOB DONE HERE, MAN!
Woman: YEAH!
Panel 2:
Man: SO MAYBE I MADE A FEW THOUSAND COPIES FOR PERSONAL USE. THEY'RE COMPANY PROPERTY! AND I WORK FOR A COMPANY.
Woman: OKAY...
Panel 3:
Man: AND WERE THEY COPIES OF MY TESTICLES? YES, BUT I ALWAYS WIPE DOWN AFTERWARD! THAT'S A RULE FOR ME.
Woman: UHHH...
Panel 4 (a line graph):
Y-axis label: AGREEMENT WITH CO-WORKER
X-axis label: TIME
The curve rises sharply to a peak, then plunges down past the bottom of the axis (with an arrow pointing down into the next panel).
Caption (underlined heading): The Agreement Inflection
Also known as the "Uhhh...rabola." Describes the most awkward form of friendly interaction.
Panel 5:
Man: AND MAYBE I DID SEND THOSE PICTURES TO HIS TEENAGE DAUGHTER. SHE HAS THE INTERNET! SHE WAS GONNA SEE MY BALLS EVENTUALLY.
Votey:
A person sits hunched at a computer, seen from behind, typing at a keyboard.
Person (thought/speech bubble): BUNCHA FASCISTS.
Alt text
A five-panel comic of a man chatting with a woman across a table over drinks. Panel 1: he says his boss is so stingy with paper, like they're trying to get a job done; she agrees, "Yeah!" Panel 2: he admits maybe he made a few thousand copies for personal use, justifying that they're company property and he works for a company; she says "Okay..." Panel 3: he continues, "And were they copies of my testicles? Yes, but I always wipe down afterward! That's a rule for me." She says "Uhhh..." Panel 4 is a line graph titled "The Agreement Inflection," with Y-axis "Agreement with co-worker" and X-axis "Time": the curve spikes up then crashes straight down off the chart. The caption calls it the "Uhhh...rabola," the most awkward form of friendly interaction. Panel 5: he goes on, "And maybe I did send those pictures to his teenage daughter. She has the internet! She was gonna see my balls eventually." Votey: a person hunched over a computer keyboard, seen from behind, thinks "Buncha fascists."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.