2002-09-07
Original: 2002-09-07 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel):
A store shelf is shown in close-up. The top shelf holds yellow boxes of a product called "MANPONS," each box bearing the male/Mars symbol (a circle with an arrow) and the words "HEAVY DUTY." The boxes are partly cut off, so the labels read "PONS," "MANPONS," "MANPONS," and "MANPON..." left to right.
The lower shelf holds several brown jars labeled "BEEF JERKY" (with small barcode/weight text), and to the right a pink book labeled "FILTHY MAGAZINES" and a blue box labeled "BOOZE 96 PACK."
Caption (below panel): Actually, there isn't anything inside a container of Manpons. Men just enjoy sending out their wives to pick up a box.
Votey:
A close-up of the pink book/magazine. Text on the cover: "FILTHY MAGAZINE" / "THIS ISSUE:" / "GROSS STUFF"
A store shelf is shown in close-up. The top shelf holds yellow boxes of a product called "MANPONS," each box bearing the male/Mars symbol (a circle with an arrow) and the words "HEAVY DUTY." The boxes are partly cut off, so the labels read "PONS," "MANPONS," "MANPONS," and "MANPON..." left to right.
The lower shelf holds several brown jars labeled "BEEF JERKY" (with small barcode/weight text), and to the right a pink book labeled "FILTHY MAGAZINES" and a blue box labeled "BOOZE 96 PACK."
Caption (below panel): Actually, there isn't anything inside a container of Manpons. Men just enjoy sending out their wives to pick up a box.
Votey:
A close-up of the pink book/magazine. Text on the cover: "FILTHY MAGAZINE" / "THIS ISSUE:" / "GROSS STUFF"
Alt text
An SMBC comic, single panel. Close-up of a store shelf. The top shelf is lined with yellow boxes labeled "MANPONS" (a play on tampons), each printed with the male/Mars symbol and the words "HEAVY DUTY"; partial labels read "PONS," "MANPONS," "MANPONS." The shelf below holds brown jars of "BEEF JERKY," a pink book labeled "FILTHY MAGAZINES," and a blue box labeled "BOOZE 96 PACK." Caption beneath: "Actually, there isn't anything inside a container of Manpons. Men just enjoy sending out their wives to pick up a box." The joke inverts the trope of men being sent to buy tampons: Manpons are an empty product men use as an excuse to send their wives shopping. Votey (bonus panel): a close-up of the pink magazine cover reading "FILTHY MAGAZINE — THIS ISSUE: GROSS STUFF."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.