2011-02-05
Original: 2011-02-05 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title banner: NORMAL WIFE
Panel 1: A man and a pregnant woman sit up in bed at night.
Man: What's the matter?
Woman: I had this dream that the baby came, but when it did, it burst out of my stomach like an alien!
Panel 2: The man holds the woman, comforting her.
Man: It's okay, baby. It was just a dream, baby.
Title banner: GEEK WIFE
Panel 3: The same scene — a man and a pregnant woman (now with pointy/spiky hair) sit up in bed at night.
Man: What's the matter?
Woman: I had this dream that the baby came, but when it did, it burst out of my stomach like an alien!
Panel 4: The man begins to comfort her, but she is excited, throwing up her hands.
Man: It's okay baby. It's—
Woman: But I know that'll never happen... It'd be so AWESOME!
Votey: A handwritten caption reads: THE MORAL: GEEK WOMEN HAVE POINTY HAIR.
Panel 1: A man and a pregnant woman sit up in bed at night.
Man: What's the matter?
Woman: I had this dream that the baby came, but when it did, it burst out of my stomach like an alien!
Panel 2: The man holds the woman, comforting her.
Man: It's okay, baby. It was just a dream, baby.
Title banner: GEEK WIFE
Panel 3: The same scene — a man and a pregnant woman (now with pointy/spiky hair) sit up in bed at night.
Man: What's the matter?
Woman: I had this dream that the baby came, but when it did, it burst out of my stomach like an alien!
Panel 4: The man begins to comfort her, but she is excited, throwing up her hands.
Man: It's okay baby. It's—
Woman: But I know that'll never happen... It'd be so AWESOME!
Votey: A handwritten caption reads: THE MORAL: GEEK WOMEN HAVE POINTY HAIR.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic contrasting two reactions to the same nightmare. The top two panels are labeled NORMAL WIFE: a pregnant woman in bed tells her husband she dreamed the baby burst out of her stomach like an alien; he hugs her and says, "It's okay, baby. It was just a dream, baby." The bottom two panels are labeled GEEK WIFE and show an identical setup, except the woman now has spiky, pointy hair. She describes the same alien-birth dream, but instead of being soothed she throws up her hands in excitement: "But I know that'll never happen... It'd be so AWESOME!" while her husband only manages "It's okay baby. It's—". Votey: a handwritten caption reads, "THE MORAL: GEEK WOMEN HAVE POINTY HAIR."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.