2012-01-18
Original: 2012-01-18 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A group of four young girls smiling excitedly. One girl (the speaker): "WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?"
Panel 2:
An elderly woman with gray hair and round glasses responds.
Elderly woman: "THE ROAD WAS A METAPHOR FOR THE TRANSITION TO WOMANHOOD."
Panel 3:
The four girls now look unhappy and uncomfortable, frowning, as the elderly woman's face looms large at the right edge of the panel. No dialogue.
Caption (below the comic): This is why English teachers are not invited to sleepovers.
Votey:
A close-up of the elderly woman with glasses, speaking again.
Elderly woman: "DOCUMENT EVERY USE OF ROAD AS METAPHOR IN THE JOKE."
A group of four young girls smiling excitedly. One girl (the speaker): "WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?"
Panel 2:
An elderly woman with gray hair and round glasses responds.
Elderly woman: "THE ROAD WAS A METAPHOR FOR THE TRANSITION TO WOMANHOOD."
Panel 3:
The four girls now look unhappy and uncomfortable, frowning, as the elderly woman's face looms large at the right edge of the panel. No dialogue.
Caption (below the comic): This is why English teachers are not invited to sleepovers.
Votey:
A close-up of the elderly woman with glasses, speaking again.
Elderly woman: "DOCUMENT EVERY USE OF ROAD AS METAPHOR IN THE JOKE."
Alt text
A three-panel comic. Panel 1: four young girls grin excitedly while one asks, "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Panel 2: an elderly woman with gray hair and round glasses answers seriously, "The road was a metaphor for the transition to womanhood." Panel 3: all four girls now frown, deflated and uncomfortable, as the old woman's face looms large at the edge of the frame. Caption beneath: "This is why English teachers are not invited to sleepovers." Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the same elderly woman saying, "Document every use of road as metaphor in the joke," turning the simple riddle into an English-class assignment.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.