2012-03-31
Original: 2012-03-31 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Two women stand outdoors near a tree, looking at a pair of birds perched on a branch.
Woman with red hair: ISN'T IT CUTE HOW LOVEBIRDS FORM PAIR-BONDS?
Panel 2:
The brown-haired woman (shown in profile, foreground) replies to the red-haired woman.
Brown-haired woman: THAT'S JUST APPEARANCE. UNDER GENETIC ANALYSIS MOST "MONOGAMOUS" SPECIES HAVE EXTRA-PAIR COPULATIONS.
Panel 3:
Close-up of two lovebirds nuzzling together. The red-haired woman looks dismayed in the background.
Lovebird (thought/speech bubble): I'M GONNA FUCK YOUR BEST FRIEND.
Votey:
FROM KELLY: "IN ECOLOGY, WE CALL THOSE EPCs"
Two women stand outdoors near a tree, looking at a pair of birds perched on a branch.
Woman with red hair: ISN'T IT CUTE HOW LOVEBIRDS FORM PAIR-BONDS?
Panel 2:
The brown-haired woman (shown in profile, foreground) replies to the red-haired woman.
Brown-haired woman: THAT'S JUST APPEARANCE. UNDER GENETIC ANALYSIS MOST "MONOGAMOUS" SPECIES HAVE EXTRA-PAIR COPULATIONS.
Panel 3:
Close-up of two lovebirds nuzzling together. The red-haired woman looks dismayed in the background.
Lovebird (thought/speech bubble): I'M GONNA FUCK YOUR BEST FRIEND.
Votey:
FROM KELLY: "IN ECOLOGY, WE CALL THOSE EPCs"
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: Two women stand by a tree where a pair of small green birds perch. A red-haired woman says, "Isn't it cute how lovebirds form pair-bonds?" Panel 2: A brown-haired woman, shown in profile, answers, "That's just appearance. Under genetic analysis most 'monogamous' species have extra-pair copulations." Panel 3: A close-up of two pink-and-green lovebirds nuzzling beak-to-beak, with the red-haired woman looking dismayed in the background. One bird's speech bubble reads, "I'm gonna fuck your best friend." The joke punctures the romantic image of lovebird monogamy with the cynical biological reality of cheating. Votey (a small handwritten addendum panel): "From Kelly: 'In ecology, we call those EPCs'" — noting the scientific abbreviation (extra-pair copulations) for the behavior.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.