2003-07-25
Original: 2003-07-25 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man and a woman lie in bed together at night, a lamp on the nightstand beside them. The woman is turned away, eyes closed; the man lies on his back, awake.
Man: Do you ever lay awake at night wondering if marriage was just a complete mistake?
Woman: N-no...
Man: Me neither. G'night!
(The man reaches over to switch off the lamp.)
Votey:
Close-up on the smiling woman's face.
Woman (thought/caption): It's nice how we can talk about anything.
A man and a woman lie in bed together at night, a lamp on the nightstand beside them. The woman is turned away, eyes closed; the man lies on his back, awake.
Man: Do you ever lay awake at night wondering if marriage was just a complete mistake?
Woman: N-no...
Man: Me neither. G'night!
(The man reaches over to switch off the lamp.)
Votey:
Close-up on the smiling woman's face.
Woman (thought/caption): It's nice how we can talk about anything.
Alt text
A man and woman lie in bed at night, a lamp glowing on the nightstand. The woman faces away with her eyes closed; the man lies awake on his back. He asks, "Do you ever lay awake at night wondering if marriage was just a complete mistake?" She answers, "N-no..." He replies, "Me neither. G'night!" and reaches to turn off the lamp. In the votey aftercomic, a close-up of the smiling woman's face accompanies the line, "It's nice how we can talk about anything" — the joke being that they each just lied to dodge a genuinely difficult conversation, yet she takes it as proof of their openness.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.