stress-2
Original: stress-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1
Doctor (a woman with dark hair, glasses, and a white coat): HAVE YOU HAD ANY STRESS LATELY?
Panel 2
Patient (a man with red hair, in a green shirt): WHY DO DOCTORS ASK THAT? EVERYONE'S STRESSED ALL THE TIME.
Panel 3
Patient (now looking annoyed): STRESS IS THE NORMAL STATE OF HUMAN AFFAIRS. ASKING IF I'VE HAD STRESS IS LIKE ASKING "IS YOUR BODY FILLED WITH BLOOD" AND EXPECTING ME TO CONFESS.
Panel 4
Patient (face twisted, increasingly worked up): IF ONE DAY I DO NOT EXPERIENCE STRESS I WILL CALL YOU UP AND ASK IF I'M EXPERIENCING A STROKE BUT UNTIL THEN YES I HAVE HAD ANY STRESS LATELY
Panel 5 / 6
Doctor: I'LL GO AHEAD AND CHECK THE YES BOX, WOULD YOU LIKE A TISSUE FOR THE FROTH ON YOUR LIPS?
Panel 6
Patient (now seen from behind, with froth dripping from his mouth): YES PLEASE MA'AM.
Votey:
Patient (close-up of his face): IS MY FACE NOT SUPPOSED TO FROTH?
Doctor (a woman with dark hair, glasses, and a white coat): HAVE YOU HAD ANY STRESS LATELY?
Panel 2
Patient (a man with red hair, in a green shirt): WHY DO DOCTORS ASK THAT? EVERYONE'S STRESSED ALL THE TIME.
Panel 3
Patient (now looking annoyed): STRESS IS THE NORMAL STATE OF HUMAN AFFAIRS. ASKING IF I'VE HAD STRESS IS LIKE ASKING "IS YOUR BODY FILLED WITH BLOOD" AND EXPECTING ME TO CONFESS.
Panel 4
Patient (face twisted, increasingly worked up): IF ONE DAY I DO NOT EXPERIENCE STRESS I WILL CALL YOU UP AND ASK IF I'M EXPERIENCING A STROKE BUT UNTIL THEN YES I HAVE HAD ANY STRESS LATELY
Panel 5 / 6
Doctor: I'LL GO AHEAD AND CHECK THE YES BOX, WOULD YOU LIKE A TISSUE FOR THE FROTH ON YOUR LIPS?
Panel 6
Patient (now seen from behind, with froth dripping from his mouth): YES PLEASE MA'AM.
Votey:
Patient (close-up of his face): IS MY FACE NOT SUPPOSED TO FROTH?
Alt text
A six-panel comic. A woman doctor with glasses and a white coat asks her red-haired male patient, "Have you had any stress lately?" The patient launches into an escalating rant: "Why do doctors ask that? Everyone's stressed all the time. Stress is the normal state of human affairs. Asking if I've had stress is like asking 'is your body filled with blood' and expecting me to confess." His face grows angrier as he continues, "If one day I do not experience stress I will call you up and ask if I'm experiencing a stroke but until then yes I have had any stress lately." In the final panels the doctor calmly replies, "I'll go ahead and check the yes box. Would you like a tissue for the froth on your lips?" The patient, now shown from behind with foam dripping from his mouth, answers, "Yes please ma'am." Votey panel: a close-up of the patient's foaming face asking, "Is my face not supposed to froth?"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.