2011-03-07
Original: 2011-03-07 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (balding, with glasses, gesturing to his chest): It's not really fair that the decision of whether to buy a new video game system is restricted to you or I. I suggest we form a committee.
(A woman with dark hair, seen from behind, faces him.)
Panel 2:
Woman (in a green shirt, looking distressed): No! This is like when you formed a committee for our sex life! Once you make something political, it's bound to become corrupt!
Man (off to the right): Whoa, whoa! How dare you question the integrity of the sex committee?!
Panel 3:
(Caption banner): EARLIER...
(Scene: the man and woman embrace, partly undressed, while three formally dressed committee members stand to the side. One bald man in glasses reads from a clipboard.)
Committee member (reading from clipboard): Foreplay has been canceled for the evening due to lack of energy, but we are confident sex can proceed as usual.
Votey:
Close-up of the woman, scowling angrily.
Woman: Point of order: fuck you.
Man (balding, with glasses, gesturing to his chest): It's not really fair that the decision of whether to buy a new video game system is restricted to you or I. I suggest we form a committee.
(A woman with dark hair, seen from behind, faces him.)
Panel 2:
Woman (in a green shirt, looking distressed): No! This is like when you formed a committee for our sex life! Once you make something political, it's bound to become corrupt!
Man (off to the right): Whoa, whoa! How dare you question the integrity of the sex committee?!
Panel 3:
(Caption banner): EARLIER...
(Scene: the man and woman embrace, partly undressed, while three formally dressed committee members stand to the side. One bald man in glasses reads from a clipboard.)
Committee member (reading from clipboard): Foreplay has been canceled for the evening due to lack of energy, but we are confident sex can proceed as usual.
Votey:
Close-up of the woman, scowling angrily.
Woman: Point of order: fuck you.
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A balding man with glasses, hand on his chest, addresses a dark-haired woman (seen from behind): "It's not really fair that the decision of whether to buy a new video game system is restricted to you or I. I suggest we form a committee." Panel 2: The woman, distressed, replies: "No! This is like when you formed a committee for our sex life! Once you make something political, it's bound to become corrupt!" The man retorts: "Whoa, whoa! How dare you question the integrity of the sex committee?!" Panel 3, labeled "EARLIER...": the couple embrace, partly undressed, while three formally dressed committee members stand nearby; one reads from a clipboard: "Foreplay has been canceled for the evening due to lack of energy, but we are confident sex can proceed as usual." The joke literalizes governing a relationship by committee. Votey: a close-up of the woman scowling, saying: "Point of order: fuck you."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.