shock
Original: shock on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Narration box (top): ...AND USING THE CIRCUIT-BREAKING KEY, AN ELECTROMAGNET, AND A SERIES OF SIGNAL REPEATERS, YOU CAN ELECTRICALLY SHOCK MY GENITALS FROM ANY DISTANCE!
Woman (in dark bonnet and period dress): NOW! WAIT IF WE USED THAT TO SEND MESSAGES?
Man (in top hat and Victorian coat, gesturing): SURE, I SUPPOSE THAT COULD BE USED FOR ALL SORTS OF UPDATES.
Caption (below panel): The true story of the telegraph has never been told.
Votey:
Close-up of the man in the top hat, continuing to speak: WE CAN USE IT FOR SILLY LADY THINGS LIKE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY!
Narration box (top): ...AND USING THE CIRCUIT-BREAKING KEY, AN ELECTROMAGNET, AND A SERIES OF SIGNAL REPEATERS, YOU CAN ELECTRICALLY SHOCK MY GENITALS FROM ANY DISTANCE!
Woman (in dark bonnet and period dress): NOW! WAIT IF WE USED THAT TO SEND MESSAGES?
Man (in top hat and Victorian coat, gesturing): SURE, I SUPPOSE THAT COULD BE USED FOR ALL SORTS OF UPDATES.
Caption (below panel): The true story of the telegraph has never been told.
Votey:
Close-up of the man in the top hat, continuing to speak: WE CAN USE IT FOR SILLY LADY THINGS LIKE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY!
Alt text
A black-and-white comic in a Victorian setting. A man in a top hat and tailcoat gestures while explaining an invention to a woman wearing a dark bonnet and a high-necked period dress. A narration box at the top finishes his explanation: '...and using the circuit-breaking key, an electromagnet, and a series of signal repeaters, you can electrically shock my genitals from any distance!' The woman replies, 'Now! Wait, if we used that to send messages?' The man answers, 'Sure, I suppose that could be used for all sorts of updates.' A caption below reads: 'The true story of the telegraph has never been told.' The joke is that the telegraph was supposedly invented as a long-distance genital-shocking device, with messaging as an afterthought. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the same top-hatted man saying dismissively, 'We can use it for silly lady things like communication technology!'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.