2014-03-14
Original: 2014-03-14 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A blond man holds up a gnarled stick toward a woman with dark hair and round glasses.
Blond man: This was created a thousand years ago. It is covered with apparent patterns, but no one has yet been able to crack the code. I thought... since you're a cryptography geek...
Panel 2 (close on the woman, against a red background):
Woman: Gimme gimme gimme!
Panel 3:
The woman holds the stick and studies it.
Woman: Hmmm...
Panel 4 (close on the woman, against a red background, reaching out excitedly):
Woman: It's a stick. It's just a stick, isn't it?
Caption banner: 6 MONTHS LATER...
Panel 5:
The blond man stands with the woman, who is examining the stick.
Blond man: I have robbed your house, like, seven times.
Votey:
Close-up on the woman's face, hand on her chin, eyes wide in thought.
Woman: Why seven?
A blond man holds up a gnarled stick toward a woman with dark hair and round glasses.
Blond man: This was created a thousand years ago. It is covered with apparent patterns, but no one has yet been able to crack the code. I thought... since you're a cryptography geek...
Panel 2 (close on the woman, against a red background):
Woman: Gimme gimme gimme!
Panel 3:
The woman holds the stick and studies it.
Woman: Hmmm...
Panel 4 (close on the woman, against a red background, reaching out excitedly):
Woman: It's a stick. It's just a stick, isn't it?
Caption banner: 6 MONTHS LATER...
Panel 5:
The blond man stands with the woman, who is examining the stick.
Blond man: I have robbed your house, like, seven times.
Votey:
Close-up on the woman's face, hand on her chin, eyes wide in thought.
Woman: Why seven?
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. A blond man shows a gnarled stick to a dark-haired woman in round glasses, saying it was created a thousand years ago, is covered with apparent patterns no one can crack, and that he brought it because she's a cryptography geek. She excitedly shouts 'Gimme gimme gimme!', then studies it ('Hmmm...'), and finally concludes, deflated, 'It's a stick. It's just a stick, isn't it?' A banner reads '6 months later...' and the man calmly reveals the real reason he kept her distracted: 'I have robbed your house, like, seven times.' Votey: a close-up of the woman, hand on chin, puzzled, asking 'Why seven?'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.