three-wishes
Original: three-wishes on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man: A genie! So I get three wishes? I want lust, wealth and true love and--
Genie: Nope.
Panel 2:
Man: For his third wish, the last guy who found the lamp wished that the next guy to find the lamp just gets a box of raisins.
Panel 3:
Genie: Here you go.
Panel 4:
Man: Did he also wish that the raisins be gross?
Genie: I try to follow the spirit of the request.
Votey:
Genie: Also, your wife finds your jokes tiresome.
Man: A genie! So I get three wishes? I want lust, wealth and true love and--
Genie: Nope.
Panel 2:
Man: For his third wish, the last guy who found the lamp wished that the next guy to find the lamp just gets a box of raisins.
Panel 3:
Genie: Here you go.
Panel 4:
Man: Did he also wish that the raisins be gross?
Genie: I try to follow the spirit of the request.
Votey:
Genie: Also, your wife finds your jokes tiresome.
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: A man excitedly faces a large green genie, saying he gets three wishes and wants lust, wealth and true love; the genie flatly replies "Nope." Panel 2: The genie explains that the previous person who found the lamp used their third wish to make sure the next finder just gets a box of raisins. Panel 3: The genie hands over the box, saying "Here you go." Panel 4: The man asks if that person also wished the raisins be gross; the genie replies, "I try to follow the spirit of the request." Votey (aftercomic): A close-up of the genie deadpan, adding, "Also, your wife finds your jokes tiresome."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.