2011-08-05

A single-panel comic set in a dimly lit cafe. On the left, a woman with orange hair in a green shirt sits at a small yellow table scowling. On the right, a man with reddish hair in a blue shirt sits at another table holding a coffee cup, looking nervous. His thought bubble reads: 'Why is that woman scowling at me? Do I know her?' A caption below states: 'If she loves you more each and every day, by linear regression she hated you before you met.' The votey (aftercomic), labeled 'Earlier...', shows the same woman as a frowning sleeping baby, whose thought bubble reads: 'So... mad... at... someone...' — illustrating the linear-regression joke that her hatred predates ever meeting him, extending back to infancy.