many-moons
Original: many-moons on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Caption (bottom): Moments into the first time traveling expedition, Dr. North commits a faux pas.
Panel 1:
Dr. North (a man with red hair and a red beard, sitting inside a vehicle/time machine, gesturing with his hands): ME AM FROM MANY MOONS FROM NOW! YOU--
A bald, bearded caveman in profile (on the right) interrupts:
Caveman: AM CAVEMAN! FIND USE OF ARTICLES AND PRONOUNS CONFUSING ONLY. AM OTHERWISE FLUENT!
Votey:
The caveman, scowling, in close-up.
Caveman (thought/shout): English already contain too many irregular verbs!
Panel 1:
Dr. North (a man with red hair and a red beard, sitting inside a vehicle/time machine, gesturing with his hands): ME AM FROM MANY MOONS FROM NOW! YOU--
A bald, bearded caveman in profile (on the right) interrupts:
Caveman: AM CAVEMAN! FIND USE OF ARTICLES AND PRONOUNS CONFUSING ONLY. AM OTHERWISE FLUENT!
Votey:
The caveman, scowling, in close-up.
Caveman (thought/shout): English already contain too many irregular verbs!
Alt text
A two-panel comic. A caption at the bottom reads: "Moments into the first time traveling expedition, Dr. North commits a faux pas." In the main panel, a red-haired, red-bearded man (Dr. North) sits inside a time-machine vehicle and says in broken caveman-style speech, "ME AM FROM MANY MOONS FROM NOW! YOU--". A bald, bearded caveman seen in profile interrupts him: "AM CAVEMAN! FIND USE OF ARTICLES AND PRONOUNS CONFUSING ONLY. AM OTHERWISE FLUENT!" The joke is that the time traveler condescendingly mimics primitive speech, but the caveman is articulate and only struggles with articles and pronouns. Votey (bonus panel): a close-up of the same caveman scowling, complaining in handwritten text, "English already contain too many irregular verbs!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.