women
Original: women on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Dad (an older man with gray hair, holding up a yellow book): SON, I WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS.
The book's cover reads: WHAT WOMEN WANT
Panel 2:
Son (a younger man with reddish-brown hair, arms crossed, looking skeptical): DAD, COME ON. WOMEN AREN'T A MONOLITH. THEY CAN'T BE REDUCED TO A SINGLE SET OF DESIRES IN A SINGLE BOOK.
Panel 3:
Dad: IT'S NOT A REAL BOOK. OPEN THE COVER.
Panel 4:
The son opens the "book," which is actually a container holding food.
Son: A BAKED BRIE IN PUFF PASTRY?
Dad (in the background): TRUST ME, SON. TRUST ME.
Votey:
Son: SO WILL THIS GET ME A DATE?
Dad: THAT TAKES FIVE CHEESES.
Dad (an older man with gray hair, holding up a yellow book): SON, I WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS.
The book's cover reads: WHAT WOMEN WANT
Panel 2:
Son (a younger man with reddish-brown hair, arms crossed, looking skeptical): DAD, COME ON. WOMEN AREN'T A MONOLITH. THEY CAN'T BE REDUCED TO A SINGLE SET OF DESIRES IN A SINGLE BOOK.
Panel 3:
Dad: IT'S NOT A REAL BOOK. OPEN THE COVER.
Panel 4:
The son opens the "book," which is actually a container holding food.
Son: A BAKED BRIE IN PUFF PASTRY?
Dad (in the background): TRUST ME, SON. TRUST ME.
Votey:
Son: SO WILL THIS GET ME A DATE?
Dad: THAT TAKES FIVE CHEESES.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: An older gray-haired man (the dad) holds up a yellow book titled "WHAT WOMEN WANT" and says, "Son, I want to give you this." Panel 2: His son, a younger man with reddish-brown hair and crossed arms, looks skeptical and replies, "Dad, come on. Women aren't a monolith. They can't be reduced to a single set of desires in a single book." Panel 3: The dad says, "It's not a real book. Open the cover." Panel 4: The son opens it to reveal it's actually a food container, not a book, holding a wheel of food. He asks, "A baked brie in puff pastry?" The dad, now in the background, says, "Trust me, son. Trust me." The joke: the dad's earnest advice on what women want turns out to be literal baked brie. Votey (a single hand-drawn black-bordered panel showing two simple faces): The son asks, "So will this get me a date?" and the dad answers, "That takes five cheeses."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.