a-time-capsule
Original: a-time-capsule on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Father (running toward a buried object, excited): OH! LOOK AT THAT! IT'S A TIME CAPSULE FROM BACK WHEN I WAS A BOY.
Father: LET'S OPEN IT!
Panel 2:
Child: WHAT'S THIS?
Father: THAT'S A NEWSPAPER. PEOPLE USED TO READ NEWS ON PAPER!
Panel 3:
Child: AND THIS?
Father: THAT IS A T. REX FEMUR.
Father: THEY USED TO ATTACK A LOT, BUT WE MADE TOUGHER BACK THEN.
Panel 4:
Child: AND THIS?
Father: THAT'S A BRAIN-CHIP. THEY PUT THREE IN KIDS SO THEY'D GROW UP AS MEGA-GENIUSES.
Father: I GOT TWO. THAT'S RIGHT BEFORE THEY BANNED ALL OF THEM.
Child: WOWWWW!!!!
Panel 5:
Mother (lying in bed, to the father): HEY WHAT WERE YOU DIGGING AT 3 AM LAST NIGHT?
Father: RESPECT.
Votey:
Father (thought/speech, in profile): IT'S SO MUCH EASIER THAN THE TRUTH.
Father (running toward a buried object, excited): OH! LOOK AT THAT! IT'S A TIME CAPSULE FROM BACK WHEN I WAS A BOY.
Father: LET'S OPEN IT!
Panel 2:
Child: WHAT'S THIS?
Father: THAT'S A NEWSPAPER. PEOPLE USED TO READ NEWS ON PAPER!
Panel 3:
Child: AND THIS?
Father: THAT IS A T. REX FEMUR.
Father: THEY USED TO ATTACK A LOT, BUT WE MADE TOUGHER BACK THEN.
Panel 4:
Child: AND THIS?
Father: THAT'S A BRAIN-CHIP. THEY PUT THREE IN KIDS SO THEY'D GROW UP AS MEGA-GENIUSES.
Father: I GOT TWO. THAT'S RIGHT BEFORE THEY BANNED ALL OF THEM.
Child: WOWWWW!!!!
Panel 5:
Mother (lying in bed, to the father): HEY WHAT WERE YOU DIGGING AT 3 AM LAST NIGHT?
Father: RESPECT.
Votey:
Father (thought/speech, in profile): IT'S SO MUCH EASIER THAN THE TRUTH.
Alt text
A five-panel comic. Panel 1: A father runs excitedly toward a small object he's found buried in the ground, saying 'Oh! Look at that! It's a time capsule from back when I was a boy.' and 'Let's open it!' His young child stands nearby. Panel 2: The child holds up an object and asks 'What's this?' The father answers 'That's a newspaper. People used to read news on paper!' Panel 3: The child asks 'And this?' The father replies 'That is a T. rex femur. They used to attack a lot, but we made tougher back then.' Panel 4: The child asks 'And this?' The father says 'That's a brain-chip. They put three in kids so they'd grow up as mega-geniuses. I got two. That's right before they banned all of them.' The child exclaims 'Wowwww!!!!' in awe. Panel 5: Later, the mother lies in bed and asks the father 'Hey what were you digging at 3 AM last night?' He answers, deadpan, 'Respect.' The joke: he secretly buried a fake 'time capsule' full of tall tales to impress his kid. Votey (aftercomic): A close-up profile of the father with a wry expression, saying 'It's so much easier than the truth.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.