ohyesrobot.ordoliberal.com

2010-04-27

Original: 2010-04-27 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Main comic:

The entire main strip is a wordless conversation between two stick-style figures: a man in a green shirt (left) and a woman in red with a bow in her hair (right). They "speak" entirely in symbols inside speech bubbles.

Panel 1: Man: [pink heart] ? Woman smiles.

Panel 2: Woman: [pink heart] !

Panel 3: Man: [combined Venus/female and Mars/male gender symbols] ?

Panel 4: Woman: [combined female and male gender symbols] !

Panel 5 (couple now reclining together, on a maroon background): Man speaks three stacked bubbles in turn: [a coiled snake or whip], [handcuffs], [a bare foot].

Panel 6 (still reclining together): Man: [an armadillo] ! Woman: [an armadillo] ? Man: [pink heart] ? Then woman: [an armadillo] (with a small startled/impact mark).

Votey:

A man with orange/blond hair in a green shirt sits on a couch reading a blue book to a small child beside him. A woman with red hair, looking alarmed, stands behind them.
Woman: "I think your realistic sex book for kids might be too realistic."
Man: "They're gonna find out EVENTUALLY."

Alt text

A wordless SMBC strip: a man in a green shirt and a woman in red with a hair bow flirt by trading symbols in speech bubbles. He shows a heart with a question mark; she answers with a heart and an exclamation. He offers the combined male/female gender symbols; she enthusiastically agrees. Now reclining together, he proposes kinks one by one: a coiled whip, handcuffs, then a bare foot. In the final panel he excitedly shows an armadillo; she replies with a puzzled armadillo, he tries a hopeful heart, and she repeats the armadillo with a startled jolt as the romance fizzles. Aftercomic (votey): a red-haired woman looks alarmed at a man reading a blue book to a small child on a couch. She says, 'I think your realistic sex book for kids might be too realistic.' He replies, 'They're gonna find out EVENTUALLY.'

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.