time
Original: time on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Patient (sitting on an exam table): "You know, doc, it was hard trekking through the jungle, but they say time heals all wounds."
Doctor (a man in a white coat): "Wait, really?"
Panel 2:
Doctor (eyes wide, excited): "I've got to call a scientist!"
Panel 3:
Caption: LATER...
Panel 4:
A newspaper with the masthead "News."
Headline: "TIME INEFFECTIVE AGAINST LEISHMANIASIS"
Sub-text beside an illustration of a clock: "Trial called off early due to being stupid."
Signature: smbc-comics.com
Votey:
Handwritten note: "'This guy said so' no longer considered justification for medical trials."
Patient (sitting on an exam table): "You know, doc, it was hard trekking through the jungle, but they say time heals all wounds."
Doctor (a man in a white coat): "Wait, really?"
Panel 2:
Doctor (eyes wide, excited): "I've got to call a scientist!"
Panel 3:
Caption: LATER...
Panel 4:
A newspaper with the masthead "News."
Headline: "TIME INEFFECTIVE AGAINST LEISHMANIASIS"
Sub-text beside an illustration of a clock: "Trial called off early due to being stupid."
Signature: smbc-comics.com
Votey:
Handwritten note: "'This guy said so' no longer considered justification for medical trials."
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a patient sits on a doctor's exam table and says, "You know, doc, it was hard trekking through the jungle, but they say time heals all wounds." The doctor, a man in a white coat, replies, "Wait, really?" Panel 2: a close-up of the doctor with wide, excited eyes shouting, "I've got to call a scientist!" Panel 3: a caption reads "LATER..." Panel 4: a newspaper headline reads "TIME INEFFECTIVE AGAINST LEISHMANIASIS," with a clock illustration and a note: "Trial called off early due to being stupid." The joke: the doctor took the idiom "time heals all wounds" literally and ran a clinical trial testing whether the passage of time cures a tropical disease. Votey (aftercomic): a handwritten note reading, "'This guy said so' no longer considered justification for medical trials."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.