2012-01-25
Original: 2012-01-25 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man in a blue shirt: CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE IDEA OF SELF-REFERENTIAL PHRASES TO ME?
(He is speaking to a woman with glasses, shown in profile on the right.)
Panel 2:
Woman with glasses: WELL, DO YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING ABOUT SELF-REFERENTIAL PHRASES?
Panel 3:
Man: NO, WHAT IS IT?
Panel 4:
Woman: THAT WAS IT.
Panel 5:
The man looks unimpressed / annoyed (no dialogue).
Panel 6:
The woman smiles (no dialogue).
Panel 7:
Man: LINGUISTICS PROFS ARE A BUNCH OF CONDESCENDING PEDANTS.
Panel 8:
The woman, now seated at a table with a coffee cup and a paper: CLOSE, BUT THAT'S REDUNDANT, NOT SELF-REFERENTIAL.
Votey:
A handwritten note from the author beside a doodle of a moose:
"Hey geeks - sorry for the spotty updates. We're moving and I'm a little sick. Regular time updates should resume on the 28th. Meantime, enjoy this drawing of a moose with low self esteem."
Signed with a heart: Zach
The drawing shows a moose with droopy, sad-looking eyes.
A man in a blue shirt: CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE IDEA OF SELF-REFERENTIAL PHRASES TO ME?
(He is speaking to a woman with glasses, shown in profile on the right.)
Panel 2:
Woman with glasses: WELL, DO YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING ABOUT SELF-REFERENTIAL PHRASES?
Panel 3:
Man: NO, WHAT IS IT?
Panel 4:
Woman: THAT WAS IT.
Panel 5:
The man looks unimpressed / annoyed (no dialogue).
Panel 6:
The woman smiles (no dialogue).
Panel 7:
Man: LINGUISTICS PROFS ARE A BUNCH OF CONDESCENDING PEDANTS.
Panel 8:
The woman, now seated at a table with a coffee cup and a paper: CLOSE, BUT THAT'S REDUNDANT, NOT SELF-REFERENTIAL.
Votey:
A handwritten note from the author beside a doodle of a moose:
"Hey geeks - sorry for the spotty updates. We're moving and I'm a little sick. Regular time updates should resume on the 28th. Meantime, enjoy this drawing of a moose with low self esteem."
Signed with a heart: Zach
The drawing shows a moose with droopy, sad-looking eyes.
Alt text
An eight-panel SMBC comic. A man in a blue shirt asks a woman with glasses, 'Can you explain the idea of self-referential phrases to me?' She replies, 'Well, do you know the old saying about self-referential phrases?' He says, 'No, what is it?' She answers, 'That was it.' The man looks annoyed; the woman grins. He grumbles, 'Linguistics profs are a bunch of condescending pedants.' Seated at a table with a coffee cup, she corrects him: 'Close, but that's redundant, not self-referential.' Votey panel: a handwritten author's note next to a doodle of a moose with droopy, sad eyes, reading 'Hey geeks - sorry for the spotty updates. We're moving and I'm a little sick. Regular time updates should resume on the 28th. Meantime, enjoy this drawing of a moose with low self esteem.' Signed with a heart, Zach.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.