Stupid Male Incident #1, Page 7

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Exterior shot of The Diner, a classic American roadside restaurant. Rachel and Tuna are in the parking lot.

LABEL: Diner

RACHEL: At the edge of Nowhere is The Diner, my fave haunt.

TUNA: I like to hang with the feral cats by the dumpsters out back.

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Inside or near the diner, Rachel meets Bob, a dark-haired guy.

RACHEL: This is my friend Bob.

BOB: Hey, Rachel! Youre out early.

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Rachel explains while Bob responds.

RACHEL: My buggery cat woke me up. Howre you today, Bob?

BOB: Im great! I just won--

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Sparrow, a busty blonde woman in a revealing halter top, interrupts the conversation. Her entrance is dramatic with her chest bouncing.

SPARROW: And Im Sparrow, the village beauty and--

SFX: boing! boing!

Rachel and Bob look on with sweat drops.

That is a photo(shopped) of an actual diner in the community I grew up in. It was called the “Mountain House,” and I waitressed there from time to time as a young adult.

I don’t much care for waitressing. I think there are more cheerful, friendlier people who would do a much better job. I am content to build web sites.

See the cross on Sparrow? I never got into it very much, but Sparrow considers herself a good Christian. She goes to church, etc. I had a story where her mother turned out to be a huge hippy, and this was Sparrow’s way of rebelling. But I never had the chance to write it!