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2010-12-20

Original: 2010-12-20 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Caption: FIRST YEAR...
Man: "I LOVE THE WAY YOU FINISH MY..."
Woman (finishing his sentence): "...SENTENCES!"

Caption: SECOND YEAR...
(The man kneels and presents an engagement ring.)
Man: "WILL YOU..."
Woman (finishing his sentence): "...MARRY YOU? OF COURSE!"

Caption: FIFTH YEAR...
(The man points an angry finger at her.)
Man: "STOP FINISHING MY GODDAMN..."
Woman (finishing his sentence): "...SENTENCES!"

Caption: TENTH YEAR...
Man: "I WANT A..."
Woman (finishing his sentence): "...DIVORCE!"

Caption: ELEVENTH YEAR...
(The man stands apart; the woman stands with two children.)
Man: "PLEASE DON'T TAKE..."
Woman (finishing his sentence): "...CUSTODY! I LOVE THE..." "...KIDS!"

Caption: TWELFTH YEAR...
(The man aims a handgun.)
Man: "DIE!"
Woman (finishing his sentence, as she shoots him): "BANG!"
(Final panel: the man falls, blood spraying from his head, as the woman fires the gun.)

Votey:
(Close-up of the dying/shot man's face, head tilted back.)
Man: "GURGLE!"

Alt text

A six-part SMBC comic about a couple whose wife always finishes her husband's sentences, captioned by year. FIRST YEAR: the smiling couple hold hands; he says "I love the way you finish my..." and she finishes "...sentences!" SECOND YEAR: he kneels with a ring; "Will you..." / "...marry you? Of course!" FIFTH YEAR: he angrily points a finger; "Stop finishing my goddamn..." / "...sentences!" TENTH YEAR: "I want a..." / "...divorce!" ELEVENTH YEAR: he stands alone while she stands with two kids; "Please don't take..." / "...custody! I love the..." "...kids!" TWELFTH YEAR: he aims a handgun and shouts "Die!"; she finishes the sentence with "Bang!" as she shoots him dead, blood spraying from his head. Votey: a close-up of the shot man's face tilted back, saying "Gurgle!" as he dies.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.