Wife
Original: Wife on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A bearded man with messy hair, looking down at his own bare chest where a tattooed note is visible.
Man (reading his tattoo): I THINK THIS TATTOOED NOTE TO MYSELF SAYS MY WIFE WAS MURDERED, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE I DIDN'T FINISH WRITING IT. HOLD UP WHAT WAS I DOING? OH, FINDING THE KILLER WHO—WAIT WAIT I'M GONNA SPEND SIX HOURS COLOR-CODING MY INBOX.
Caption below panel:
There should be a version of Memento where the protagonist just has ADHD.
Votey:
The same man, drawn in simple line-art, with a large speech bubble.
Man: OH GOD. I DON'T WANNA ANSWER EMAILS. TIME TO FOCUS ON MY WIFE'S KILLER. ...AFTER THE KITCHEN IS CLEAN.
A bearded man with messy hair, looking down at his own bare chest where a tattooed note is visible.
Man (reading his tattoo): I THINK THIS TATTOOED NOTE TO MYSELF SAYS MY WIFE WAS MURDERED, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE I DIDN'T FINISH WRITING IT. HOLD UP WHAT WAS I DOING? OH, FINDING THE KILLER WHO—WAIT WAIT I'M GONNA SPEND SIX HOURS COLOR-CODING MY INBOX.
Caption below panel:
There should be a version of Memento where the protagonist just has ADHD.
Votey:
The same man, drawn in simple line-art, with a large speech bubble.
Man: OH GOD. I DON'T WANNA ANSWER EMAILS. TIME TO FOCUS ON MY WIFE'S KILLER. ...AFTER THE KITCHEN IS CLEAN.
Alt text
A bearded, disheveled man looks down at a note tattooed across his own bare chest. He reads: "I think this tattooed note to myself says my wife was murdered, but it looks like I didn't finish writing it. Hold up—what was I doing? Oh, finding the killer who—wait wait I'm gonna spend six hours color-coding my inbox." A caption underneath reads: "There should be a version of Memento where the protagonist just has ADHD." The joke riffs on the film Memento (a man with no short-term memory who tattoos clues on his body to find his wife's killer), reimagining him as someone endlessly distracted from the actual mission by mundane tasks. Votey (aftercomic): The same man, in simple line-art, says: "Oh God. I don't wanna answer emails. Time to focus on my wife's killer. ...After the kitchen is clean."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.