2012-06-15
Original: 2012-06-15 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man: Baby, I love you so much. I wanted to do something special for our anniversary.
Panel 2:
Man: I assigned a value to each genetic code letter, then extrapolated that to express the genetic code in English language characters.
(A chart is shown mapping genetic code values to letters of the alphabet: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.)
Panel 3:
Man: Then I took our marriage vows and inserted them into the genetic code of a cell from your cat, which I used to make a clone.
Panel 4:
Man: So, now this precious kitten has our love written in each of its trillions of cells.
(He holds out a gift box / small kitten.)
Panel 5:
The kitten: SKRAWAWGHHHK!
(Close-up of an angry, open-mouthed cat screeching.)
Panel 6:
The kitten: SKREEEGAAAAAA!
(The woman recoils; the man stands holding the box.)
Panel 7:
(The man and woman stand together; he is still holding the box. No dialogue.)
Panel 8:
Man: Also I got you flowers.
Woman: Flowers are nice.
(He holds out a small bouquet.)
Votey:
The flower: GWAGH!
(A close-up of a daisy-like flower with a face, screaming, next to the woman's silhouette.)
Man: Baby, I love you so much. I wanted to do something special for our anniversary.
Panel 2:
Man: I assigned a value to each genetic code letter, then extrapolated that to express the genetic code in English language characters.
(A chart is shown mapping genetic code values to letters of the alphabet: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.)
Panel 3:
Man: Then I took our marriage vows and inserted them into the genetic code of a cell from your cat, which I used to make a clone.
Panel 4:
Man: So, now this precious kitten has our love written in each of its trillions of cells.
(He holds out a gift box / small kitten.)
Panel 5:
The kitten: SKRAWAWGHHHK!
(Close-up of an angry, open-mouthed cat screeching.)
Panel 6:
The kitten: SKREEEGAAAAAA!
(The woman recoils; the man stands holding the box.)
Panel 7:
(The man and woman stand together; he is still holding the box. No dialogue.)
Panel 8:
Man: Also I got you flowers.
Woman: Flowers are nice.
(He holds out a small bouquet.)
Votey:
The flower: GWAGH!
(A close-up of a daisy-like flower with a face, screaming, next to the woman's silhouette.)
Alt text
An eight-panel SMBC comic. A man tells his partner he did something special for their anniversary: he assigned a numeric value to each genetic-code letter and converted the genetic code into English letters (an alphabet chart is shown). He then inserted their marriage vows into the genetic code of a cell from her cat and used it to make a clone, so this kitten has 'our love written in each of its trillions of cells.' He holds out the cloned kitten. The kitten violently screeches 'SKRAWAWGHHHK!' and 'SKREEEGAAAAAA!', and the woman recoils. After the chaos, the man adds, 'Also I got you flowers,' and the woman replies, 'Flowers are nice,' as he offers a small bouquet. Votey: a close-up of a daisy-like flower with a face, screaming 'GWAGH!', revealing the flowers are alive and angry too.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.