2006-05-10
Original: 2006-05-10 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Substitute teacher (a blonde woman in a purple shirt, standing at the front of a classroom): KIDS, MR. TURLINGTON HAD TO ATTEND HIS WIFE'S FUNERAL TODAY. HOWEVER, HE LEFT YOU A HOMEWORK PROBLEM.
Chalkboard (handwritten):
Kids:
If a train leaves from 5 miles away, and you start walking toward it at 3 miles per hour, is life a meaningless series of pathetic tragedies?
Votey:
Handwritten note: Please show your pointless work.
Substitute teacher (a blonde woman in a purple shirt, standing at the front of a classroom): KIDS, MR. TURLINGTON HAD TO ATTEND HIS WIFE'S FUNERAL TODAY. HOWEVER, HE LEFT YOU A HOMEWORK PROBLEM.
Chalkboard (handwritten):
Kids:
If a train leaves from 5 miles away, and you start walking toward it at 3 miles per hour, is life a meaningless series of pathetic tragedies?
Votey:
Handwritten note: Please show your pointless work.
Alt text
A substitute teacher, a blonde woman in a purple shirt, stands at the front of a classroom addressing students seen from behind. She says, "Kids, Mr. Turlington had to attend his wife's funeral today. However, he left you a homework problem." On the green chalkboard behind her is written: "Kids: If a train leaves from 5 miles away, and you start walking toward it at 3 miles per hour, is life a meaningless series of pathetic tragedies?" The grieving teacher has turned a standard word problem into an existential lament. Votey: A blank page with the handwritten instruction "Please show your pointless work."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.