2011-06-02

An eight-panel SMBC comic. A man and a woman stand watching frogs. The man explains that the two green frogs are performing "amplexus," in which the male clings to the female and refuses to let go for any reason; a close-up of a frog accompanies his line that if the male hangs on long enough and no better frog comes along, the female will eventually agree to mate. The woman laughs, "Hehe... it must suck to be a frog," and the man flatly agrees, "Yeah." He then asks, "So, you wanna go out with me some time?" She replies, "I told you a thousand times, Sam. I only want to run our friendship." In a tight close-up of her face, he says, "Yeah, but the first 999 times were before you turned 30." The final panel is dark, showing the two seated close together with the man leaning toward her, implying she is reconsidering now that his frog-like persistence and her age have aligned. The votey is a plain-text note: "Dear Internet: Before you write me to tell me I've misunderstood amplexus, check below the comic for a citation. Oh, and since there's no joke here today, please enjoy these ascii balls:" followed by the number 8, which resembles a pair of balls.