2011-03-02
Original: 2011-03-02 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
A four-panel comic showing a man and a woman at four points across their relationship. In each panel the man begins a sentence and the woman finishes it for him; the words she supplies are shown in parentheses.
Panel 1 (Caption: SECOND YEAR...)
The man, kneeling and holding open a ring box, in a green shirt with reddish-brown hair, sits with the red-haired woman against a sunset landscape.
Man / Woman (overlapping speech): "WILL YOU (MARRY YOU? OF COURSE!)"
Panel 2 (Caption: FIFTH YEAR...)
The couple sit together; the man in the green shirt looks annoyed, the woman in a purple vest smiles.
Man / Woman (overlapping speech): "STOP FINISHING MY GODDAMN (SENTENCES!)"
Panel 3 (Caption: TENTH YEAR...)
The man, now with a beard and looking strained, leans across a table toward the smiling woman, who now wears glasses.
Man / Woman (overlapping speech): "I WANT A (DIVORCE!)"
Panel 4 (Caption: ELEVENTH YEAR...)
The woman in glasses and a purple vest stands with two young children beside her; the man stands apart at the left, dejected, hands open.
Man / Woman (overlapping speech): "PLEASE DON'T TAKE (CUSTODY! I LOVE THE (KIDS.))"
Votey:
A single panel. The man sits at a desk, writing, looking pained.
Man: "OH MY GOD... DO I HAVE CARPAL TUNNEL NOW?!"
Panel 1 (Caption: SECOND YEAR...)
The man, kneeling and holding open a ring box, in a green shirt with reddish-brown hair, sits with the red-haired woman against a sunset landscape.
Man / Woman (overlapping speech): "WILL YOU (MARRY YOU? OF COURSE!)"
Panel 2 (Caption: FIFTH YEAR...)
The couple sit together; the man in the green shirt looks annoyed, the woman in a purple vest smiles.
Man / Woman (overlapping speech): "STOP FINISHING MY GODDAMN (SENTENCES!)"
Panel 3 (Caption: TENTH YEAR...)
The man, now with a beard and looking strained, leans across a table toward the smiling woman, who now wears glasses.
Man / Woman (overlapping speech): "I WANT A (DIVORCE!)"
Panel 4 (Caption: ELEVENTH YEAR...)
The woman in glasses and a purple vest stands with two young children beside her; the man stands apart at the left, dejected, hands open.
Man / Woman (overlapping speech): "PLEASE DON'T TAKE (CUSTODY! I LOVE THE (KIDS.))"
Votey:
A single panel. The man sits at a desk, writing, looking pained.
Man: "OH MY GOD... DO I HAVE CARPAL TUNNEL NOW?!"
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic about a woman who compulsively finishes her partner's sentences, with the words she supplies shown in parentheses. Panel 1, captioned SECOND YEAR: a man kneels with an open ring box at sunset; he starts 'WILL YOU' and she finishes '(MARRY YOU? OF COURSE!)' Panel 2, FIFTH YEAR: an irritated man says 'STOP FINISHING MY GODDAMN' and she supplies '(SENTENCES!)' Panel 3, TENTH YEAR: a worn, bearded man leans over a table and says 'I WANT A' which she completes as '(DIVORCE!)' Panel 4, ELEVENTH YEAR: the woman stands with two children while the dejected man stands apart; he pleads 'PLEASE DON'T TAKE' and she fills in '(CUSTODY! I LOVE THE (KIDS.))' The joke: her sentence-finishing habit cheerfully narrates the collapse of their marriage. Votey: the man hunches over a desk writing and exclaims, 'OH MY GOD... DO I HAVE CARPAL TUNNEL NOW?!'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.