French
Original: French on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Person on the right: So you guys are passionate romantics.
Person on the left: No. Dat iz ze Italians.
Panel 2 (caption): The biggest problem in learning about French life was the French self-stereotype.
Panel 3:
Person on the right: You are great artists.
Person on the left: No, ze Belgians.
Panel 4:
Person on the right: Into weird sex?
Person on the left: Ze Germans.
Panel 5:
Person on the right: What are you guys actually into?
Person on the left: Wine, bread, and needlessly aggressive complaining.
Panel 6:
Person on the right: That's disappointing.
Person on the left: Because I left, you getting overpaid.
Votey:
A drawing of the French flag (blue, white, red vertical tricolor) with hand-lettered text across it reading:
Vin!
Pain!
Plain! (dre)
Person on the right: So you guys are passionate romantics.
Person on the left: No. Dat iz ze Italians.
Panel 2 (caption): The biggest problem in learning about French life was the French self-stereotype.
Panel 3:
Person on the right: You are great artists.
Person on the left: No, ze Belgians.
Panel 4:
Person on the right: Into weird sex?
Person on the left: Ze Germans.
Panel 5:
Person on the right: What are you guys actually into?
Person on the left: Wine, bread, and needlessly aggressive complaining.
Panel 6:
Person on the right: That's disappointing.
Person on the left: Because I left, you getting overpaid.
Votey:
A drawing of the French flag (blue, white, red vertical tricolor) with hand-lettered text across it reading:
Vin!
Pain!
Plain! (dre)
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC webcomic. Two simple stick-style figures talk against a green background; the figure on the left answers questions in a mock French accent. Right figure: "So you guys are passionate romantics." Left: "No. Dat iz ze Italians." A caption reads: "The biggest problem in learning about French life was the French self-stereotype." Right: "You are great artists." Left: "No, ze Belgians." Right: "Into weird sex?" Left: "Ze Germans." Right: "What are you guys actually into?" Left: "Wine, bread, and needlessly aggressive complaining." Right: "That's disappointing." Left: "Because I left, you getting overpaid." The joke is that the French stereotype deflects every flattering trait onto other nationalities and claims only mundane, grumpy ones. Votey aftercomic: a hand-drawn French tricolor flag with fancy lettering spelling out the supposed French motto as "Vin! Pain! Plain! (dre)" — a pun on the French words for Wine, Bread, and Complain.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.