licorice
Original: licorice on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A mustachioed man in a suit and red tie speaks angrily to a woman with brown hair (seen from behind).
Man: YOU DID WHAT?! IT'D COST A WEEK'S WAGES TO BUY THAT MUCH LICORICE! NOT TO MENTION THE MONTH THAT'D BE LOST TO KNITTING IT!
Caption (below panel): Edible underwear was much less popular in the 1890s.
Votey:
The woman (now shown facing forward, smiling) replies.
Woman: You never let me spend a fortnight getting sexy for you!
A mustachioed man in a suit and red tie speaks angrily to a woman with brown hair (seen from behind).
Man: YOU DID WHAT?! IT'D COST A WEEK'S WAGES TO BUY THAT MUCH LICORICE! NOT TO MENTION THE MONTH THAT'D BE LOST TO KNITTING IT!
Caption (below panel): Edible underwear was much less popular in the 1890s.
Votey:
The woman (now shown facing forward, smiling) replies.
Woman: You never let me spend a fortnight getting sexy for you!
Alt text
A period-style comic. Main panel: an angry mustachioed man in a Victorian suit and red tie yells at a brown-haired woman seen from behind: "YOU DID WHAT?! IT'D COST A WEEK'S WAGES TO BUY THAT MUCH LICORICE! NOT TO MENTION THE MONTH THAT'D BE LOST TO KNITTING IT!" A caption below reads: "Edible underwear was much less popular in the 1890s." The joke: in the 1890s, edible underwear would have to be hand-knitted from expensive licorice, making it absurdly impractical. Votey (hand-drawn aftercomic): the woman, now facing forward and smiling, retorts: "You never let me spend a fortnight getting sexy for you!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.