2012-04-13
Original: 2012-04-13 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A balding man with red hair wearing a blue shirt speaks to a woman with dark hair and glasses (seen in profile).
Man: "Honey, Bobby ate his dinner before I finished making it!"
Panel 2 (header: GOOD PARENT):
The woman with glasses leans toward a small red-haired child (Bobby), looking stern.
Woman: "Bobby! You have to wait and eat dinner with the family!"
Panel 3 (header: GEEK PARENT):
The same woman leans toward Bobby with the same stern expression.
Woman: "Bobby! Stop violating causality!"
Votey:
A close-up of Bobby, the red-haired child, looking thoughtful.
Bobby: "I'll start yesterday."
A balding man with red hair wearing a blue shirt speaks to a woman with dark hair and glasses (seen in profile).
Man: "Honey, Bobby ate his dinner before I finished making it!"
Panel 2 (header: GOOD PARENT):
The woman with glasses leans toward a small red-haired child (Bobby), looking stern.
Woman: "Bobby! You have to wait and eat dinner with the family!"
Panel 3 (header: GEEK PARENT):
The same woman leans toward Bobby with the same stern expression.
Woman: "Bobby! Stop violating causality!"
Votey:
A close-up of Bobby, the red-haired child, looking thoughtful.
Bobby: "I'll start yesterday."
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a balding red-haired man in a blue shirt tells a dark-haired woman in glasses, "Honey, Bobby ate his dinner before I finished making it!" Panel 2, labeled GOOD PARENT: the woman sternly tells a small red-haired child, "Bobby! You have to wait and eat dinner with the family!" Panel 3, labeled GEEK PARENT: the same woman with the identical stern pose instead says, "Bobby! Stop violating causality!" The joke contrasts an ordinary parental scolding with a physics-nerd one treating eating-before-cooking as a breach of cause and effect. Votey aftercomic: a close-up of the thoughtful child replying, "I'll start yesterday."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.