I always have this picture in my mind (hopefully untrue) of the first doctor calling the second doctor and telling him what to say. Or her. Don’t want to be sexist in my calumnies.
When I first thought of this strip, the line in the first panel was the punchline. Then I came up with the line in the second panel and thought it was better. Same with the third. Finally decided that I would use all three.
I thought it ironic that when this came out, the ‘Boys were on a pretty good win streak. And no, this wasn’t a knock against those people who really do suffer with seasonal depression. Just a commentary on those of us who get a little too wrapped up in “our” teams.