2011-11-21
Original: 2011-11-21 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A gray-haired man in a suit and red tie stands at a podium, finger raised, addressing an audience.
Man at podium: "AND IN OUR LIFETIMES, WE WILL FIND A CURE FOR CANCER!"
Panel 2 (caption banner: LATER...):
A bald man in glasses and a lab coat speaks to the gray-haired man (seen in profile at right).
Man in lab coat: "IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO SAY 'A CURE FOR CANCER.' CANCER IS A WIDE VARIETY OF DISORDERS WITH DIFFERENT MANIFESTATIONS AND ETIOLOGY. IT MAKES AS MUCH SENSE AS SAYING 'A CURE FOR VIRUS.'"
Panel 3:
The gray-haired man, hand on his chin, considers this. The bald man in glasses is seen in profile at left.
Gray-haired man: "I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING."
Panel 4 (caption banner: AND SO...):
The gray-haired man is back at the podium, finger raised, addressing the audience again.
Man at podium: "AND IN OUR LIFETIMES, WE WILL FIND A CURE FOR VIRUS!"
Votey:
A close-up of the gray-haired man's face, shouting passionately.
Man: "WE DEMAND A CURE FOR SICK!"
A gray-haired man in a suit and red tie stands at a podium, finger raised, addressing an audience.
Man at podium: "AND IN OUR LIFETIMES, WE WILL FIND A CURE FOR CANCER!"
Panel 2 (caption banner: LATER...):
A bald man in glasses and a lab coat speaks to the gray-haired man (seen in profile at right).
Man in lab coat: "IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO SAY 'A CURE FOR CANCER.' CANCER IS A WIDE VARIETY OF DISORDERS WITH DIFFERENT MANIFESTATIONS AND ETIOLOGY. IT MAKES AS MUCH SENSE AS SAYING 'A CURE FOR VIRUS.'"
Panel 3:
The gray-haired man, hand on his chin, considers this. The bald man in glasses is seen in profile at left.
Gray-haired man: "I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING."
Panel 4 (caption banner: AND SO...):
The gray-haired man is back at the podium, finger raised, addressing the audience again.
Man at podium: "AND IN OUR LIFETIMES, WE WILL FIND A CURE FOR VIRUS!"
Votey:
A close-up of the gray-haired man's face, shouting passionately.
Man: "WE DEMAND A CURE FOR SICK!"
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A gray-haired man in a suit at a podium raises his finger and proclaims to an audience, "And in our lifetimes, we will find a cure for cancer!" Panel 2, labeled "Later...": A bald man in a lab coat and glasses corrects him: "It doesn't make sense to say 'a cure for cancer.' Cancer is a wide variety of disorders with different manifestations and etiology. It makes as much sense as saying 'a cure for virus.'" Panel 3: The gray-haired man strokes his chin thoughtfully and says, "I see what you're saying." Panel 4, labeled "And so...": Back at the podium, finger raised, he declares, "And in our lifetimes, we will find a cure for virus!" The joke: he absorbed the pedantic correction but drew exactly the wrong lesson, making his slogan grammatically and scientifically worse. Votey: A black-and-white close-up of the man's face shouting even more passionately, "We demand a cure for sick!" -- escalating the error to its dumbest possible conclusion.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.