ohyesrobot.ordoliberal.com

2007-10-26

Original: 2007-10-26 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1 (single panel):
A large grey boulder sits in a green hilly landscape, with a stone castle on a hill in the background. Carved into the boulder's surface is the text:

Text on rock: "YE LAST SAMPLE OF SMALLPOX"

Caption below the panel: King Arthur often wondered why they put the sword in the stone.

Votey:
A close-up of a frowning man wearing a crown (King Arthur), looking glum.
King Arthur (thought/speech): Should've learned to read.

Alt text

A single-panel comic shows a large grey boulder in a grassy, hilly landscape with a stone castle in the background. Words are carved into the rock: "YE LAST SAMPLE OF SMALLPOX." The caption reads: "King Arthur often wondered why they put the sword in the stone." The joke: the famous sword-in-the-stone was actually a containment vessel sealing away the last sample of smallpox, not a test of kingship. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of a glum, frowning King Arthur wearing a crown, thinking "Should've learned to read" — implying he ignored the engraved warning.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.