that-thing-we-do
Original: that-thing-we-do on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man: HEY, AFTER THE KIDS ARE ASLEEP COME TO THE BEDROOM AND LETS TRY THIS THING WE DO A COUPLE TIMES A MONTH. ALWAYS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WAY, BUT WHICH WE SOMEHOW NEVER TIRE OF.
Woman: oooh...
Panel 2 (labeled "LATER"):
Man: WE NEED TO SAVE MORE MONEY!
Woman: DO YOU SEE ME SPENDING MONEY ON THINGS I'VE EARNED? EVER!
Votey:
Woman (off-panel, in speech bubble): SLOW DOWN. I DON'T WANT TO ANGERGASM YET.
Man: HEY, AFTER THE KIDS ARE ASLEEP COME TO THE BEDROOM AND LETS TRY THIS THING WE DO A COUPLE TIMES A MONTH. ALWAYS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WAY, BUT WHICH WE SOMEHOW NEVER TIRE OF.
Woman: oooh...
Panel 2 (labeled "LATER"):
Man: WE NEED TO SAVE MORE MONEY!
Woman: DO YOU SEE ME SPENDING MONEY ON THINGS I'VE EARNED? EVER!
Votey:
Woman (off-panel, in speech bubble): SLOW DOWN. I DON'T WANT TO ANGERGASM YET.
Alt text
A two-panel comic. Panel 1: A smiling man speaks suggestively to a woman, 'Hey, after the kids are asleep come to the bedroom and let's try this thing we do a couple times a month. Always pretty much the same way, but which we somehow never tire of.' The woman responds with an aroused 'oooh...' Panel 2, labeled 'LATER': the same couple are now arguing. The man shouts 'WE NEED TO SAVE MORE MONEY!' and the woman shouts back 'DO YOU SEE ME SPENDING MONEY ON THINGS I'VE EARNED? EVER!' The joke: the 'thing they do' that they never tire of is having the same repetitive argument about money, framed like a recurring sexual encounter. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of a man's face listening as an off-panel woman in a speech bubble says, 'SLOW DOWN. I DON'T WANT TO ANGERGASM YET.' extending the sex-and-arguing metaphor.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.