2014-11-21
Original: 2014-11-21 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man with a large mustache, round glasses, and a dark coat (Nietzsche) stands speaking gravely to a woman with blonde hair pulled into a bun.
Man: DOG IS FED.
Woman: WHY DOES IT SOUND SO SERIOUS WHEN YOU SAY IT?
Caption (below panel): Nietzsche enjoyed a brief career in dogsitting.
Votey:
A handwritten list, each line giving a context followed by a similarly serious-sounding phrase:
Navigation: Bog is dredged
Games: Pog is red
Baking: Hot is bread
Public Speaking: Gob is stretched
Camping: Log is bed
A man with a large mustache, round glasses, and a dark coat (Nietzsche) stands speaking gravely to a woman with blonde hair pulled into a bun.
Man: DOG IS FED.
Woman: WHY DOES IT SOUND SO SERIOUS WHEN YOU SAY IT?
Caption (below panel): Nietzsche enjoyed a brief career in dogsitting.
Votey:
A handwritten list, each line giving a context followed by a similarly serious-sounding phrase:
Navigation: Bog is dredged
Games: Pog is red
Baking: Hot is bread
Public Speaking: Gob is stretched
Camping: Log is bed
Alt text
A two-panel-style SMBC comic. A man with a heavy mustache, round spectacles, and a dark coat—resembling the philosopher Nietzsche—speaks with great gravity to a blonde woman with her hair in a bun. He says, 'Dog is fed.' She replies, 'Why does it sound so serious when you say it?' The caption below reads: 'Nietzsche enjoyed a brief career in dogsitting.' The joke is that his philosophical solemnity makes even a mundane statement sound profound. The votey (bonus panel) is a handwritten list of equally ominous-sounding short phrases paired with contexts: 'Navigation: Bog is dredged,' 'Games: Pog is red,' 'Baking: Hot is bread,' 'Public Speaking: Gob is stretched,' and 'Camping: Log is bed.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.