language-2
Original: language-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (in workout headband, lifting a dumbbell): EXERCISE IS A REAL PAIN IN THE ASS.
Small boy: WHAT.?
Panel 2:
Man: OH JEEZUS, YOU WERE LISTENING. LOOK, IT'S JUST A BAD TURN OF PHRASE. 'IN THE ASS' JUST ADDS EMPHASIS TO THE PRECEDING PHRASE.
Panel 3:
Boy (smiling): OKAY!
Panel 4:
Caption: LATER...
Boy (to a woman in a kitchen): MOM, THIS LOLLIPOP IS A REAL PLEASURE IN THE ASS.
Votey:
A speech bubble contains the scribbled words: WANT SOME.? Below, a small cartoon person/blob reaches up toward the speech bubble.
Man (in workout headband, lifting a dumbbell): EXERCISE IS A REAL PAIN IN THE ASS.
Small boy: WHAT.?
Panel 2:
Man: OH JEEZUS, YOU WERE LISTENING. LOOK, IT'S JUST A BAD TURN OF PHRASE. 'IN THE ASS' JUST ADDS EMPHASIS TO THE PRECEDING PHRASE.
Panel 3:
Boy (smiling): OKAY!
Panel 4:
Caption: LATER...
Boy (to a woman in a kitchen): MOM, THIS LOLLIPOP IS A REAL PLEASURE IN THE ASS.
Votey:
A speech bubble contains the scribbled words: WANT SOME.? Below, a small cartoon person/blob reaches up toward the speech bubble.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a man in a workout headband lifting a dumbbell says "Exercise is a real pain in the ass," and a small boy nearby asks "What.?" Panel 2: the man, realizing the boy heard him, says "Oh Jeezus, you were listening. Look, it's just a bad turn of phrase. 'In the ass' just adds emphasis to the preceding phrase." Panel 3: the boy smiles and says "Okay!" Panel 4, labeled "Later...": the boy stands in a kitchen telling a woman (Mom), "Mom, this lollipop is a real pleasure in the ass" — having misapplied the "in the ass" emphasis to a positive phrase. Votey: a rough black-and-white sketch of a small blob-like figure reaching up toward a speech bubble that reads "Want some.?"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.