potable
Original: potable on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Single panel:
A woman with light, tousled hair, holding up a drinking vessel, addresses a group of people clustered around a table.
Woman: "OKAY, NEW RULE! WHENEVER THE LOCAL WATER SUPPLY IS CONTAMINATED WITH BACTERIA THAT CAUSE CHOLERA OR DYSENTERY, BUT CAN BE MADE POTABLE BY THE ANTISEPTIC PROPERTIES OF ALCOHOL, YOU TAKE A DRINK."
Caption (below panel): Medieval drinking games were more practical.
Votey:
A close-up of a person's face, eyes squeezed shut and grimacing as they take a drink, with a tankard tipped up to their mouth. Hand-lettered text arcs across the top.
Text: "Potable as fuuuuuu"
A woman with light, tousled hair, holding up a drinking vessel, addresses a group of people clustered around a table.
Woman: "OKAY, NEW RULE! WHENEVER THE LOCAL WATER SUPPLY IS CONTAMINATED WITH BACTERIA THAT CAUSE CHOLERA OR DYSENTERY, BUT CAN BE MADE POTABLE BY THE ANTISEPTIC PROPERTIES OF ALCOHOL, YOU TAKE A DRINK."
Caption (below panel): Medieval drinking games were more practical.
Votey:
A close-up of a person's face, eyes squeezed shut and grimacing as they take a drink, with a tankard tipped up to their mouth. Hand-lettered text arcs across the top.
Text: "Potable as fuuuuuu"
Alt text
Single-panel SMBC comic. A woman with tousled light hair holds up a drinking vessel and addresses a group gathered around a table, declaring: "Okay, new rule! Whenever the local water supply is contaminated with bacteria that cause cholera or dysentery, but can be made potable by the antiseptic properties of alcohol, you take a drink." The caption below reads: "Medieval drinking games were more practical." The joke: a medieval drinking game whose rule is just an excuse to drink the only safe (alcoholic) beverage available. Votey: a close-up of a grimacing face, eyes shut, tipping a tankard up to take a gulp, with hand-lettered text arcing overhead reading "Potable as fuuuuuu" (a play on "funny as fuck").
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.