2012-02-05
Original: 2012-02-05 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Socrates (an old, bearded, balding man in a white toga): I, SOCRATES, AM THE WISEST, FOR I KNOW THAT I KNOW NOTHING!
Panel 2:
A red-haired, red-bearded man in a white toga (gesturing): WHAT ABOUT FRANK? HE KNOWS HOW TO MAKE ARMPIT NOISES.
(In the background, another bearded man in a toga walks toward them between columns.)
Panel 3:
Frank (a brown-haired, bearded man in a toga, with his hand tucked into his armpit): FRBT! FRTBTH! FRBTH!
Panel 4:
Socrates (clenching his fists, frustrated): DAMMIT!
Panel 5:
Socrates (now seen close up, balding and wide-eyed): BRING ME THE HEMLOCK.
Votey:
A thought bubble above a person resting their head: STILL MAKES MORE SENSE THAN HIS ACTUAL REASONING.
Socrates (an old, bearded, balding man in a white toga): I, SOCRATES, AM THE WISEST, FOR I KNOW THAT I KNOW NOTHING!
Panel 2:
A red-haired, red-bearded man in a white toga (gesturing): WHAT ABOUT FRANK? HE KNOWS HOW TO MAKE ARMPIT NOISES.
(In the background, another bearded man in a toga walks toward them between columns.)
Panel 3:
Frank (a brown-haired, bearded man in a toga, with his hand tucked into his armpit): FRBT! FRTBTH! FRBTH!
Panel 4:
Socrates (clenching his fists, frustrated): DAMMIT!
Panel 5:
Socrates (now seen close up, balding and wide-eyed): BRING ME THE HEMLOCK.
Votey:
A thought bubble above a person resting their head: STILL MAKES MORE SENSE THAN HIS ACTUAL REASONING.
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic set in ancient Greece. Panel 1: Socrates, an old bearded man in a white toga, proclaims, "I, Socrates, am the wisest, for I know that I know nothing!" Panel 2: A red-bearded man in a toga gestures and replies, "What about Frank? He knows how to make armpit noises," while a figure walks up behind columns. Panel 3: Frank, a bearded man, tucks his hand into his armpit and makes noises: "Frbt! Frtbth! Frbth!" Panel 4: Socrates clenches his fists in frustration and shouts, "Dammit!" Panel 5: A close-up of an exasperated, wide-eyed Socrates saying, "Bring me the hemlock." The joke: Socrates' famous claim to wisdom is undercut by Frank's armpit noises being treated as a comparable skill, driving him to suicidal despair. Votey: A small sketch of someone resting their head with a thought bubble reading, "Still makes more sense than his actual reasoning."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.