clean
Original: clean on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A woman visiting a man's apartment, looking around an immaculate living room.
Woman: WOW! I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WHEN I SEE A GUY'S PLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IT'S SUPER TIDY!
Panel 2: The man (glasses, blond/orange hair, suit) responds modestly.
Man: OH, THIS? THIS IS JUST HOW I LIKE THINGS. I CAN ONLY REALLY RELAX IN TIDY ENVIRONMENTS.
Panel 3: The woman leans in, raising the stakes.
Woman: THEN YOU WOULDN'T MIND IF, SAY, I CHECKED TO SEE HOW CLEAN YOUR KEYBOARD IS?
Panel 4: Close-up of the man, hesitating nervously.
Man: I... UH... I... WELL...
Panel 5: The man, sweating and gesturing defensively.
Panel 6: Wide shot from behind the man. He is facing the woman, who is off-panel.
Woman (speech bubble): WHAT'S A KEYBOARD?
The scene reveals that what looked like a keyboard is actually a long, overgrown planter/terrarium covered in mushrooms, sprouting plants, and what appears to be a lizard or fish lying among the growth, with a vine trailing off the edge.
Votey:
Close-up of the man's face, wide-eyed and bewildered, sweating.
Man: WHAT'S A FRIDGE? WHAT'S A MEDICINE CABINET? WHAT ARE SHELVES?
Woman: WOW! I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WHEN I SEE A GUY'S PLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IT'S SUPER TIDY!
Panel 2: The man (glasses, blond/orange hair, suit) responds modestly.
Man: OH, THIS? THIS IS JUST HOW I LIKE THINGS. I CAN ONLY REALLY RELAX IN TIDY ENVIRONMENTS.
Panel 3: The woman leans in, raising the stakes.
Woman: THEN YOU WOULDN'T MIND IF, SAY, I CHECKED TO SEE HOW CLEAN YOUR KEYBOARD IS?
Panel 4: Close-up of the man, hesitating nervously.
Man: I... UH... I... WELL...
Panel 5: The man, sweating and gesturing defensively.
Panel 6: Wide shot from behind the man. He is facing the woman, who is off-panel.
Woman (speech bubble): WHAT'S A KEYBOARD?
The scene reveals that what looked like a keyboard is actually a long, overgrown planter/terrarium covered in mushrooms, sprouting plants, and what appears to be a lizard or fish lying among the growth, with a vine trailing off the edge.
Votey:
Close-up of the man's face, wide-eyed and bewildered, sweating.
Man: WHAT'S A FRIDGE? WHAT'S A MEDICINE CABINET? WHAT ARE SHELVES?
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. A woman visits a man's spotless apartment and says, "Wow! I'm always impressed when I see a guy's place for the first time and it's super tidy!" The man (glasses, suit) replies modestly, "Oh, this? This is just how I like things. I can only really relax in tidy environments." The woman leans in: "Then you wouldn't mind if, say, I checked to see how clean your keyboard is?" The man freezes, sweating: "I... uh... I... well..." In the final wide panel, seen from behind the man, the woman asks "What's a keyboard?" The visual reveal: what should be a computer keyboard is instead a long, neglected planter overrun with mushrooms, weeds, sprouting plants and a lizard-like creature lying among the overgrowth, with a vine trailing off the edge. The joke: his apartment is tidy only because he is so detached from normal domestic objects that he doesn't even know what a keyboard is. Votey aftercomic: a close-up of the man's stunned, sweating face as he asks, "What's a fridge? What's a medicine cabinet? What are shelves?", revealing his ignorance extends to all household items.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.