2011-06-14
Original: 2011-06-14 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (narration): A few days ago, my nephew was reading my comics for the first time.
(A young boy sits reading a comic book that has a small green dinosaur character on the page.)
Panel 2 (narration): His first question was:
Boy: What does "soda-mized" mean?
Panel 3 (narration): This is what I wish my response had been:
Bearded man (the narrator): Well, when a mommy and daddy love each other... and it's daddy's birthday...
Panel 4 (narration): This is what it actually was.
(The bearded man sits silently next to the boy, who keeps reading the comic. No dialogue.)
Votey:
A handwritten note reads: "Dear nephew - If you're reading this, "soda-mized" is when you get a soda for your birthday."
(A young boy sits reading a comic book that has a small green dinosaur character on the page.)
Panel 2 (narration): His first question was:
Boy: What does "soda-mized" mean?
Panel 3 (narration): This is what I wish my response had been:
Bearded man (the narrator): Well, when a mommy and daddy love each other... and it's daddy's birthday...
Panel 4 (narration): This is what it actually was.
(The bearded man sits silently next to the boy, who keeps reading the comic. No dialogue.)
Votey:
A handwritten note reads: "Dear nephew - If you're reading this, "soda-mized" is when you get a soda for your birthday."
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic narrated by a bearded man about his young nephew. Panel 1, captioned "A few days ago, my nephew was reading my comics for the first time," shows a boy reading a comic book featuring a little green dinosaur. Panel 2, captioned "His first question was," shows the boy asking, "What does 'soda-mized' mean?" Panel 3, captioned "This is what I wish my response had been," shows the bearded man cheerfully launching into a birds-and-the-bees speech: "Well, when a mommy and daddy love each other... and it's daddy's birthday...", treating 'soda-mized' as a sex-related euphemism (sodomized). Panel 4, captioned "This is what it actually was," shows the man sitting in awkward silence beside the boy, who keeps reading. The joke: the man's mind jumped to a dirty interpretation while the kid meant something innocent. Votey: a handwritten sticky note reads, "Dear nephew - If you're reading this, 'soda-mized' is when you get a soda for your birthday" - confirming the innocent meaning.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.