2013-11-17
Original: 2013-11-17 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Child: Dad, what's a "deus ex machina"?
Panel 2:
Dad: "Deus" means "god" and "machina" means "machine." So, taken together, it means God used to date a robot, but they're broken up now.
Panel 3 (banner: LATER...):
Child (holding up a paper marked with a red "F"): Dammit Dad! Was it worth it?
Dad (looking annoyed): The answer to that question will always be yes.
Votey:
A woman's speech (off-panel, large speech bubble): You just want sex
A small egg-shaped figure with clock-hand-like marks (a wind-up egg timer / oval object): C'mon, baby!
Child: Dad, what's a "deus ex machina"?
Panel 2:
Dad: "Deus" means "god" and "machina" means "machine." So, taken together, it means God used to date a robot, but they're broken up now.
Panel 3 (banner: LATER...):
Child (holding up a paper marked with a red "F"): Dammit Dad! Was it worth it?
Dad (looking annoyed): The answer to that question will always be yes.
Votey:
A woman's speech (off-panel, large speech bubble): You just want sex
A small egg-shaped figure with clock-hand-like marks (a wind-up egg timer / oval object): C'mon, baby!
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A child asks their bespectacled dad, "Dad, what's a 'deus ex machina'?" Panel 2: The dad explains, "'Deus' means 'god' and 'machina' means 'machine.' So, taken together, it means God used to date a robot, but they're broken up now." Panel 3, labeled "LATER...": The child holds up a school paper marked with a big red "F" and shouts, "Dammit Dad! Was it worth it?" The scowling dad replies, "The answer to that question will always be yes." Votey (aftercomic, crude line drawing): An oval egg-timer-like figure with little hand marks says "C'mon, baby!" while a large speech bubble from an off-panel woman reads "You just want sex" — implying the dad's joke about God dating a robot continues with the timer/machine flirting.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.