Alien Romance, the daily comic strip
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gs_silvaI fell behind on Alien Romance posts! I keep up better on my Patreon page. It doesn't have the transcripts but it has additional commentary that I don't post here. Then again, here has commentary that I don't post there.
Last we saw, Cathy was taking the vehicle portion of the driving exam, and the instructor was eyeballing her. Well, he reaches down, and gets himself smacked. Clutching his sore hand, he continues to instruct Cathy for the exam, but he begins to mumble so that Cathy can't possibly understand him.
Back at the DMV, the receptionist attemts to call Cathy up to the front desk, but can't pronounce her name. "Catherine Ar... uh... miss, your results are available. You've failed both sections of the exam."
Ella jumps in and exclaims, "But, Ma'am, that's impossible! Can't you double-check?"
Then the instructor comes up behind the receptionist, adding smugly, "She lost points on parallel parking and exiting the traffic circle on the wrong road."
"I'm sorry," the receptionist says.
Ella is distraught. "That was bad. I'm sorry."
Cathy has something important to say: "Il m'a touché...ed." (I made a typo in the comic: it says "he touched" instead of "he touched me.")
"Illa toolshed?" repeats Ella in confusion. So Cathy demonstrates... rather alarmingly! Alarmed, Ella spins around, shouting, "He did NOT! Ugh, that creep! We can't let this go. C'mon."
She runs back into the DMV, Cathy following behind her, and pushes aside the man being served at the reception desk to confront the receptionist. "Miss, would you please lower your voice?!" the receptionist hisses.
Ella shoots back, "Why? Would you listen better if I sounded like a man? She paid for this, and he molested her, and then I bet he flunked her on purpose!"
***
My mother laughed long and hard at the line about sounding like a man, because of course when I read it aloud I deepened my voice. Then she enjoyed it a second time. The upside to memory loss, I guess - jokes are funny all over again! (I didn't fully explain what happened to Cathy, though. I have a dark and cynical outlook on life, but I know when to hold back.
Last we saw, Cathy was taking the vehicle portion of the driving exam, and the instructor was eyeballing her. Well, he reaches down, and gets himself smacked. Clutching his sore hand, he continues to instruct Cathy for the exam, but he begins to mumble so that Cathy can't possibly understand him.
Back at the DMV, the receptionist attemts to call Cathy up to the front desk, but can't pronounce her name. "Catherine Ar... uh... miss, your results are available. You've failed both sections of the exam."
Ella jumps in and exclaims, "But, Ma'am, that's impossible! Can't you double-check?"
Then the instructor comes up behind the receptionist, adding smugly, "She lost points on parallel parking and exiting the traffic circle on the wrong road."
"I'm sorry," the receptionist says.
Ella is distraught. "That was bad. I'm sorry."
Cathy has something important to say: "Il m'a touché...ed." (I made a typo in the comic: it says "he touched" instead of "he touched me.")
"Illa toolshed?" repeats Ella in confusion. So Cathy demonstrates... rather alarmingly! Alarmed, Ella spins around, shouting, "He did NOT! Ugh, that creep! We can't let this go. C'mon."
She runs back into the DMV, Cathy following behind her, and pushes aside the man being served at the reception desk to confront the receptionist. "Miss, would you please lower your voice?!" the receptionist hisses.
Ella shoots back, "Why? Would you listen better if I sounded like a man? She paid for this, and he molested her, and then I bet he flunked her on purpose!"
***
My mother laughed long and hard at the line about sounding like a man, because of course when I read it aloud I deepened my voice. Then she enjoyed it a second time. The upside to memory loss, I guess - jokes are funny all over again! (I didn't fully explain what happened to Cathy, though. I have a dark and cynical outlook on life, but I know when to hold back.