time-5
Original: time-5 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man with red flame-like hair (addressed as Sally) is questioned by an off-panel speaker.
Off-panel speaker: SALLY, WHY ARE YOU GETTING IN THE TIME MACHINE AGAIN?
Panel 2:
The red-haired man (Sally), now seen in shadow/silhouette, replies.
Sally: I'M BURYING HUGE STONE VAGINAS IN THE NEOLITHIC JUST TO WATCH 19th CENTURY SCIENTISTS MISCLASSIFY THEM!
Caption: LATER, IN THE PAST...
Panel 3:
Two 19th-century scientists in top hats and coats stand in a basement examining a large red stone object shaped like a vulva.
First scientist (gesturing): YES IT IS CLEARLY A SIDEWAYS MOUTH.
Second scientist: AGREED, NEVERTHELESS LET US CONFINE IT TO THE BASEMENT OF UNSPEAKABLES.
Votey:
A single panel. A figure (the red-haired man / Sally, shown from the shoulders up at the bottom) with a speech bubble.
Speech bubble: I WILL NEED A FEW HOURS ALONE TO PROCESS IT FOR REFERENCE.
A man with red flame-like hair (addressed as Sally) is questioned by an off-panel speaker.
Off-panel speaker: SALLY, WHY ARE YOU GETTING IN THE TIME MACHINE AGAIN?
Panel 2:
The red-haired man (Sally), now seen in shadow/silhouette, replies.
Sally: I'M BURYING HUGE STONE VAGINAS IN THE NEOLITHIC JUST TO WATCH 19th CENTURY SCIENTISTS MISCLASSIFY THEM!
Caption: LATER, IN THE PAST...
Panel 3:
Two 19th-century scientists in top hats and coats stand in a basement examining a large red stone object shaped like a vulva.
First scientist (gesturing): YES IT IS CLEARLY A SIDEWAYS MOUTH.
Second scientist: AGREED, NEVERTHELESS LET US CONFINE IT TO THE BASEMENT OF UNSPEAKABLES.
Votey:
A single panel. A figure (the red-haired man / Sally, shown from the shoulders up at the bottom) with a speech bubble.
Speech bubble: I WILL NEED A FEW HOURS ALONE TO PROCESS IT FOR REFERENCE.
Alt text
A four-part SMBC comic. Panel 1: A young man with bright red flame-like hair, called Sally, sits in a time machine. An off-panel voice asks, "Sally, why are you getting in the time machine again?" Panel 2: Sally, now lit in shadow, answers excitedly, "I'm burying huge stone vaginas in the Neolithic just to watch 19th century scientists misclassify them!" Caption: "Later, in the past..." Panel 3: In a dim basement, two 19th-century scientists in top hats and coats stand before a large red vulva-shaped stone artifact. One says, "Yes it is clearly a sideways mouth," and the other replies, "Agreed, nevertheless let us confine it to the basement of unspeakables." The joke is the time traveler's elaborate prank to make prudish Victorian scientists prudishly mislabel obviously sexual artifacts. Votey (bonus panel): Sally, seen from the shoulders up, says with a sly expression, "I will need a few hours alone to process it for reference," implying his motives are not purely about watching the misclassification.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.