2008-01-13
Original: 2008-01-13 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title banner: A RELIGIOUS VIEW OF THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE
The scene shows a glowing sun-like radiant figure (drawn as a yellow quarter-circle with rays). Beside it, an unrolled scroll reads:
RULES
1) E = mc2
2) Fg = G m1 m2 / r2
3) NO HOMOS
Votey:
The radiant sun figure speaks: "And no cheeseburgers!"
The scene shows a glowing sun-like radiant figure (drawn as a yellow quarter-circle with rays). Beside it, an unrolled scroll reads:
RULES
1) E = mc2
2) Fg = G m1 m2 / r2
3) NO HOMOS
Votey:
The radiant sun figure speaks: "And no cheeseburgers!"
Alt text
A four-panel-style single comic titled "A Religious View of the Origin of the Universe." The scene shows a glowing yellow sun (a radiant quarter-circle with rays) against a purple background, next to an unrolled scroll labeled "RULES." The rules list real physics equations followed by a bigoted joke punchline: "1) E = mc2 2) Fg = G m1 m2 / r2 3) NO HOMOS." The joke is that the divine origin-of-the-universe rulebook mixes fundamental physical laws with an arbitrary prejudiced prohibition. Votey (aftercomic): the same radiant sun figure, now drawn loosely in black and white, adds in a speech bubble, "And no cheeseburgers!", tacking on another arbitrary rule.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.