May 10, 2010
#738: Incision explain

[Two doctors wearing surgical masks are standing over a prone patient. One of them is touching the patient’s chest with a scalpel.]
Doctor: I’m making the incision above the left—
BZZZZT!
Doctor: Augh!
[Caption below the panel:]
October 8th, 2004:
A child swallows an “Operation” buzzer, leading to the single most difficult surgery ever performed.