2009-05-04
Original: 2009-05-04 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man (with reddish-brown hair, in a blue-gray jacket) speaks to a woman with red hair seen from behind, against a purple background.
Man: "I'm sorry. I can't marry you. How can I be happy with you while I know there are millions of women around the world who can't afford food or shelter?"
Panel 2:
Caption banner: "SOMEWHERE IN MOLDAVA"
On a green hillside, the same man holds up a fan of cash and calls out.
Man: "Who wants to be my wives?!"
Three smiling women standing together: "ME!"
Votey:
The man, reclining and looking content, says: "If I get hatemail from Moldava, I'm framing it."
A man (with reddish-brown hair, in a blue-gray jacket) speaks to a woman with red hair seen from behind, against a purple background.
Man: "I'm sorry. I can't marry you. How can I be happy with you while I know there are millions of women around the world who can't afford food or shelter?"
Panel 2:
Caption banner: "SOMEWHERE IN MOLDAVA"
On a green hillside, the same man holds up a fan of cash and calls out.
Man: "Who wants to be my wives?!"
Three smiling women standing together: "ME!"
Votey:
The man, reclining and looking content, says: "If I get hatemail from Moldava, I'm framing it."
Alt text
A three-panel comic. Panel 1: against a purple background, a man in a blue-gray jacket tells a red-haired woman (seen from behind) that he can't marry her because he can't be happy knowing millions of women around the world can't afford food or shelter. Panel 2: a banner reads 'SOMEWHERE IN MOLDAVA'; on a green hillside the same man holds up a fistful of cash and shouts 'Who wants to be my wives?!' Three smiling women reply 'ME!' The joke: his high-minded objection to marriage was a pretext for polygamy among poorer women abroad. Votey: the man lounges contentedly and says, 'If I get hatemail from Moldava, I'm framing it.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.