Tolkien
Original: Tolkien on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (caption / narration over a close-up of a smug-looking man):
Once you realize that JRR Tolkien wants every proper noun to have three syllables -- stressed-unstressed-stressed -- that end with the sound "or," you start noticing Tolkien-names everywhere.
Panel 2 (the man, eyes closed, blissful):
Man: I love your cottagecore home-decor, and behold! 'tis near the liquor-store!
Panel 3 (a woman recoils, annoyed):
Woman: STOP IT.
Panel 4 (the man, gesturing):
Man: You'll have to meet my labrador, Skeletor.
Panel 5 (the woman, more emphatic):
Woman: STOP.
Panel 6 (the man, leaning in):
Man: Now, monsieur, where is the corridor to your crapper-door?
Votey:
A crudely drawn face speaks in a large speech bubble:
"Let us listen to Macklemore at the Baltimore Apple Store!"
Once you realize that JRR Tolkien wants every proper noun to have three syllables -- stressed-unstressed-stressed -- that end with the sound "or," you start noticing Tolkien-names everywhere.
Panel 2 (the man, eyes closed, blissful):
Man: I love your cottagecore home-decor, and behold! 'tis near the liquor-store!
Panel 3 (a woman recoils, annoyed):
Woman: STOP IT.
Panel 4 (the man, gesturing):
Man: You'll have to meet my labrador, Skeletor.
Panel 5 (the woman, more emphatic):
Woman: STOP.
Panel 6 (the man, leaning in):
Man: Now, monsieur, where is the corridor to your crapper-door?
Votey:
A crudely drawn face speaks in a large speech bubble:
"Let us listen to Macklemore at the Baltimore Apple Store!"
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. The first panel is a narration caption over a smug man's face: "Once you realize that JRR Tolkien wants every proper noun to have three syllables -- stressed-unstressed-stressed -- that end with the sound 'or,' you start noticing Tolkien-names everywhere." In the following panels the man cheerfully speaks in this rhythm while a woman gets increasingly fed up. He says, eyes blissfully closed, "I love your cottagecore home-decor, and behold! 'tis near the liquor-store!" The woman snaps, "STOP IT." He continues, "You'll have to meet my labrador, Skeletor." She says, "STOP." He leans in: "Now, monsieur, where is the corridor to your crapper-door?" Each of his lines piles up words fitting the stressed-unstressed-stressed, '-or'-ending pattern, which is the joke. The votey (bonus panel) shows a crudely drawn face in a big speech bubble adding one more example: "Let us listen to Macklemore at the Baltimore Apple Store!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.