2005-05-20

Main comic, one panel: A man sits across a restaurant table from a yellow-haired woman (shown from behind). A small bird perches on the table between them. The man says, "It's so nice to finally meet you." The bird squawks, "Run! She's too fat! Run before she eats you!" The man snaps, "Shutup Rodney!" The bird replies, "You shutup!" and the man retorts, "No YOU shutup!" A caption below reads: "Shirley glanced about nervously, beginning to sweat all over. 'Geez, this is awkward,' she muttered to herself, 'Why won't he just let Rodney talk?'" The joke flips expectation: Shirley assumes the rude bird, Rodney, is the one she's actually trying to talk to. Votey (black-and-white aftercomic): a close-up of the annoyed woman with the small bird beside her; the bird says, "Grow up."