Comic #5979: engage
Description
Here is the transcription of the comic:
Panel 1:
- Man: "Charlotte, will you marry me?"
- Woman: "What’s this little thing in the box?"
Panel 2:
- Man: "A ring. There’s a diamond in there."
- Woman: "Ech."
Panel 3:
- Man: "This is worth two or three months’ salary. It’s a costly signal of devotion, yes, but some other man might be willing to display a costlier signal."
- Woman: "I could be that man!"
Panel 4:
- Caption: "SEVERAL ITERATIONS LATER…"
- Man: "Here are your engagement skulls! By God! By God they were my friends and now they are skulls!"
Panel 5:
- Woman: "It’s just like I imagined when I was a girl!"
The comic features a humorous take on marriage proposals and expectations surrounding engagement rings.