2012-12-28
Original: 2012-12-28 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel):
A forest scene with a large tree. A classic box-propped-by-a-stick trap sits on the ground, the box held up by a stick tied to a rope. The box has a sign written on it:
Sign on box: "YOU'RE FREE THESAURUS IS HEAR"
Two men with reddish hair crouch behind a grassy ridge in the background, holding rifles, watching the trap.
Caption (below panel): "We didn't know which trap would catch the English majors, but we knew they would come."
Votey:
Title (hand-lettered): "MOST LIKELY BAIT TO WORK"
A hand-drawn pie chart. The slices are labeled:
- FREE (by far the largest slice)
- YOU'RE
- HEAR
- THESAURUS
A forest scene with a large tree. A classic box-propped-by-a-stick trap sits on the ground, the box held up by a stick tied to a rope. The box has a sign written on it:
Sign on box: "YOU'RE FREE THESAURUS IS HEAR"
Two men with reddish hair crouch behind a grassy ridge in the background, holding rifles, watching the trap.
Caption (below panel): "We didn't know which trap would catch the English majors, but we knew they would come."
Votey:
Title (hand-lettered): "MOST LIKELY BAIT TO WORK"
A hand-drawn pie chart. The slices are labeled:
- FREE (by far the largest slice)
- YOU'RE
- HEAR
- THESAURUS
Alt text
A single comic panel showing a forest with a large tree. On the ground sits a trap: a box propped up by a stick attached to a rope, ready to drop. The box bears a sign reading "YOU'RE FREE THESAURUS IS HEAR" - the bait deliberately riddled with the homophone and spelling errors (you're/your, hear/here) that English majors can't resist correcting. Two red-haired men crouch behind a grassy ridge in the background, aiming rifles, lying in wait. The caption below reads: "We didn't know which trap would catch the English majors, but we knew they would come." Votey (aftercomic): a hand-drawn pie chart titled "MOST LIKELY BAIT TO WORK," with the slice for "FREE" being by far the largest, followed by smaller slices labeled "YOU'RE," "HEAR," and "THESAURUS" - ranking which piece of error-bait is most likely to lure them.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.