infrugality
Original: infrugality on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A father with flame-like orange hair, glasses, and a mustache tells a campfire-style scary story, eyes wide.
Father: "...AND THEN... WHEN HE BEHELD THE ELECTRIC BILL... IT TURNED OUT THE ENTIRE ATTIC WAS POORLY INSULATED!"
Panel 2: A child lies in bed, unimpressed.
Child: "THAT'S NOT SCARY!"
Child: "INFRUGALITY ISN'T SCARY?"
Panel 3: The child, deadpan.
Child: "IT... NO, IT'S NOT."
Panel 4 (caption "10 YEARS LATER..."): The now-grown child, in silhouette/shadow, speaks.
Grown child: "DAD! THE BANK SAID THERE'S NOTHING IN MY COLLEGE SAVINGS ACCOUNT!"
Panel 5: The father, now wide-eyed and manic, laughing triumphantly.
Father: "GOOD THING YOU AREN'T SCARED FOR YOUR FUTURE!"
Father: "HAHA HA HA HA!!"
Votey: The father, eyes wide and proud.
Father: "Ladies looove my gold and short-sleeve polo shirt ensemble."
Father: "...AND THEN... WHEN HE BEHELD THE ELECTRIC BILL... IT TURNED OUT THE ENTIRE ATTIC WAS POORLY INSULATED!"
Panel 2: A child lies in bed, unimpressed.
Child: "THAT'S NOT SCARY!"
Child: "INFRUGALITY ISN'T SCARY?"
Panel 3: The child, deadpan.
Child: "IT... NO, IT'S NOT."
Panel 4 (caption "10 YEARS LATER..."): The now-grown child, in silhouette/shadow, speaks.
Grown child: "DAD! THE BANK SAID THERE'S NOTHING IN MY COLLEGE SAVINGS ACCOUNT!"
Panel 5: The father, now wide-eyed and manic, laughing triumphantly.
Father: "GOOD THING YOU AREN'T SCARED FOR YOUR FUTURE!"
Father: "HAHA HA HA HA!!"
Votey: The father, eyes wide and proud.
Father: "Ladies looove my gold and short-sleeve polo shirt ensemble."
Alt text
A five-panel comic. Panel 1: a father with flame-like orange hair, glasses, and a mustache tells a scary story with wide eyes: "...and then... when he beheld the electric bill... it turned out the entire attic was poorly insulated!" Panel 2: his child lies in bed, unimpressed, replying "That's not scary!" The father asks, "Infrugality isn't scary?" Panel 3: the child flatly says, "It... no, it's not." Panel 4, captioned "10 years later...": the grown child, shown in shadow, says, "Dad! The bank said there's nothing in my college savings account!" Panel 5: the father, now manic and wild-eyed, laughs triumphantly: "Good thing you aren't scared for your future! Haha ha ha ha!!" His revenge for the child dismissing his frugality lesson was to never save for college. Votey: a close-up of the wide-eyed father saying, "Ladies looove my gold and short-sleeve polo shirt ensemble."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.