I can neither confirm or deny that this comic is based on recent events in my work life.

It got down to ten degrees below freezing last Friday night. In case you’re wondering where this comic idea came from.

And if you’re going to point out that someone who’s cold wouldn’t crave ice cream when pregnant, clearly you’ve not been around a pregnant woman. It’s not about rationality, people. She wants what she wants, and if you’re smart you’ll get it for her instead of trying to throw things like “logic” into the argument.

Of course, Shimako’s not above yanking her mate’s chain a bit, as you can see.

Believe it or not, I didn’t actually work backward from the last panel on this one. It was the next-to-last panel which sparked this whole thing. Metallica just gave me a fourth panel out, that’s all.