2013-09-10
Original: 2013-09-10 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title (top banner): FUNTIME ACTIVITY: FINDING QUOTATIONS THAT USE WORDS WHOSE MEANINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME
Subtitle banner: TODAY'S EPISODE: WASHINGTON TO HAMILTON, 1797
Main panel:
An old colonial-era man in a powdered wig and dark coat sits hunched at a writing desk, frowning as he writes with a quill on a scroll. A scroll-shaped speech/text bubble shows his letter:
Letter (handwritten on scroll): "My Dear Sir: Not for any intrinsic value the thing possesses, but as a token of my sincere regard and friendship for you, and as a remembrance of me, I pray you to accept a wine cooler"
In the foreground on the desk sits a brightly colored bottle of a modern alcoholic drink labeled: STRAW-RAZZLE COLADA BLAST!
Votey:
A close-up of a younger man (in colonial dress) holding the STRAW-RAZZLE bottle, reading the bottle's label, with a speech bubble above him.
Man (reading aloud, deadpan): "HISTORY'S GREATEST STATESMAN..."
Subtitle banner: TODAY'S EPISODE: WASHINGTON TO HAMILTON, 1797
Main panel:
An old colonial-era man in a powdered wig and dark coat sits hunched at a writing desk, frowning as he writes with a quill on a scroll. A scroll-shaped speech/text bubble shows his letter:
Letter (handwritten on scroll): "My Dear Sir: Not for any intrinsic value the thing possesses, but as a token of my sincere regard and friendship for you, and as a remembrance of me, I pray you to accept a wine cooler"
In the foreground on the desk sits a brightly colored bottle of a modern alcoholic drink labeled: STRAW-RAZZLE COLADA BLAST!
Votey:
A close-up of a younger man (in colonial dress) holding the STRAW-RAZZLE bottle, reading the bottle's label, with a speech bubble above him.
Man (reading aloud, deadpan): "HISTORY'S GREATEST STATESMAN..."
Alt text
An SMBC comic. A top banner reads "FUNTIME ACTIVITY: FINDING QUOTATIONS THAT USE WORDS WHOSE MEANINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME," with a subtitle "TODAY'S EPISODE: WASHINGTON TO HAMILTON, 1797." In the main panel, an old colonial man in a powdered wig (George Washington) sits at a desk writing a letter with a quill. His letter, shown on a scroll, reads: "My Dear Sir: Not for any intrinsic value the thing possesses, but as a token of my sincere regard and friendship for you, and as a remembrance of me, I pray you to accept a wine cooler." The joke: "wine cooler" historically meant a vessel for chilling wine, but on the desk sits a garish modern bottle of sugary alcopop labeled "STRAW-RAZZLE COLADA BLAST!" In the votey aftercomic, a younger colonial man holds the gaudy bottle, reading its label, and says deadpan: "History's greatest statesman..."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.