2013-02-07
Original: 2013-02-07 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (brown hair, tie): I know you're mad at me because I said love is just a chemical reaction.
Woman (red hair): Yep.
Panel 2:
Man (holding a heart-shaped box of chocolates): So, I went to the store and got you this.
Panel 3:
Woman (smiling): Aww... that's so SWEET!
Panel 4:
Man: Enjoy these high calorie nourishment balls, and the large expenditure signalled by their packaging.
Woman (annoyed): DAMMIT MAN!
Votey:
A woman leans over a man who is writing/drawing at a desk.
Woman: What's the joke? That's just a normal couple, right?
Man (brown hair, tie): I know you're mad at me because I said love is just a chemical reaction.
Woman (red hair): Yep.
Panel 2:
Man (holding a heart-shaped box of chocolates): So, I went to the store and got you this.
Panel 3:
Woman (smiling): Aww... that's so SWEET!
Panel 4:
Man: Enjoy these high calorie nourishment balls, and the large expenditure signalled by their packaging.
Woman (annoyed): DAMMIT MAN!
Votey:
A woman leans over a man who is writing/drawing at a desk.
Woman: What's the joke? That's just a normal couple, right?
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: A brown-haired man in a tie says to a red-haired woman, "I know you're mad at me because I said love is just a chemical reaction." She replies flatly, "Yep." Panel 2: The man holds up a heart-shaped box of chocolates and says, "So, I went to the store and got you this." Panel 3: The woman smiles warmly and says, "Aww... that's so SWEET!" Panel 4: The man deadpans, "Enjoy these high calorie nourishment balls, and the large expenditure signalled by their packaging." The woman, now annoyed and shoving the box back, snaps, "DAMMIT MAN!" The joke: he ruins the romantic gesture by re-describing it in cold, clinical evolutionary/chemical terms. Votey: A black-and-white sketch panel. A woman leans over a man hunched at a desk writing, and asks, "What's the joke? That's just a normal couple, right?" — implying clinically reframing romance is normal couple behavior.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.