Shocks
Original: Shocks on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
The entire panel is black, with white speech bubbles only — the speakers are not visible.
First speaker: "Ooh, what are you wearing?"
Second speaker: "I've got nothing on but my sock and sandal."
First speaker: "You mean socks and sandals."
Second speaker: "They're not for my feet, girl."
Caption (white text below the black panel): "Gently, in time to the accordion music, I heard the crackle of velcro being removed."
Votey:
Handwritten text inside a roughly drawn box:
"(Based on a conversation with Phil Plait but not in the way you're imagining)"
First speaker: "Ooh, what are you wearing?"
Second speaker: "I've got nothing on but my sock and sandal."
First speaker: "You mean socks and sandals."
Second speaker: "They're not for my feet, girl."
Caption (white text below the black panel): "Gently, in time to the accordion music, I heard the crackle of velcro being removed."
Votey:
Handwritten text inside a roughly drawn box:
"(Based on a conversation with Phil Plait but not in the way you're imagining)"
Alt text
A single all-black panel containing only white speech bubbles; the two speakers are unseen. The conversation: "Ooh, what are you wearing?" / "I've got nothing on but my sock and sandal." / "You mean socks and sandals." / "They're not for my feet, girl." A white caption beneath the panel reads: "Gently, in time to the accordion music, I heard the crackle of velcro being removed." The joke is a phone-sex-style exchange where the single sock and sandal are implied to be worn somewhere other than the feet, with velcro sandals as the punchline detail. Votey (aftercomic): handwritten text in a hand-drawn box reading "(Based on a conversation with Phil Plait but not in the way you're imagining)."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.