2012-03-17
Original: 2012-03-17 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel):
An older bald man (with a cane) speaks to a younger balding man with glasses who is seated.
Older man: SON, HOW'S THE OL' MARRIAGE TREATIN' YA?
Younger man: WELL... REMEMBER WHEN YOU SAID "GREAT FRIEND, GREAT LOVER, GREAT MOTHER: PICK TWO?" I WENT AND GOT THE FIRST AND LAST... BUT... I'M... I'M HAPPY.
Older man: OH... UH... UH... GOOD...
Caption (below panel): By "pick two" I had meant "pick the second one."
Votey:
A sketchy panel showing two figures. One figure says:
BOOM! EVERYONE LIKES PUNS!
An older bald man (with a cane) speaks to a younger balding man with glasses who is seated.
Older man: SON, HOW'S THE OL' MARRIAGE TREATIN' YA?
Younger man: WELL... REMEMBER WHEN YOU SAID "GREAT FRIEND, GREAT LOVER, GREAT MOTHER: PICK TWO?" I WENT AND GOT THE FIRST AND LAST... BUT... I'M... I'M HAPPY.
Older man: OH... UH... UH... GOOD...
Caption (below panel): By "pick two" I had meant "pick the second one."
Votey:
A sketchy panel showing two figures. One figure says:
BOOM! EVERYONE LIKES PUNS!
Alt text
A single-panel comic. An older bald man leaning on a cane asks his seated, balding, bespectacled adult son, "Son, how's the ol' marriage treatin' ya?" The son replies, "Well... remember when you said 'great friend, great lover, great mother: pick two?' I went and got the first and last... but... I'm... I'm happy." The father stammers awkwardly, "Oh... uh... uh... good..." A caption beneath the panel reveals the father's hidden meaning: 'By "pick two" I had meant "pick the second one."' The joke is that the father's advice was secretly a setup to push his son toward only the lover quality, not a genuine choice. Votey (a small extra panel, drawn in loose sketch style): a smug figure declares, "Boom! Everyone likes puns!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.