2008-03-02
Original: 2008-03-02 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Three cardinals in red caps stand together, discussing the Pope.
First cardinal (back to viewer, left): "We want people to know he's spiritual beyond mortal reckoning."
Second cardinal (center, bald with glasses, wearing a large cross): "That he talks to God himself!"
Third cardinal (right, gesturing with hand): "That his plane of understanding is beyond the realm of human imagining!"
Caption below the panel: "March 2, 1128:
It is concluded that the Pope shall have the biggest hat."
Votey:
A bald man (a monk or cleric) faces a robed, bearded figure resembling Jesus / the second coming.
Man: "Wouldn't the second coming have a hat?"
First cardinal (back to viewer, left): "We want people to know he's spiritual beyond mortal reckoning."
Second cardinal (center, bald with glasses, wearing a large cross): "That he talks to God himself!"
Third cardinal (right, gesturing with hand): "That his plane of understanding is beyond the realm of human imagining!"
Caption below the panel: "March 2, 1128:
It is concluded that the Pope shall have the biggest hat."
Votey:
A bald man (a monk or cleric) faces a robed, bearded figure resembling Jesus / the second coming.
Man: "Wouldn't the second coming have a hat?"
Alt text
A color comic panel against a purple background shows three Catholic cardinals in red caps conferring. One says they want people to know the Pope is "spiritual beyond mortal reckoning," another adds "That he talks to God himself!", and the third (gesturing) says "That his plane of understanding is beyond the realm of human imagining!" A caption reads: "March 2, 1128: It is concluded that the Pope shall have the biggest hat." The joke: despite lofty spiritual reasoning, the conclusion is just that the Pope gets the biggest hat. Votey (a small black-and-white follow-up panel): a bald cleric looks up at a robed, bearded Jesus-like figure and asks, "Wouldn't the second coming have a hat?" — implying their hat-sizing logic implies Jesus outranks the Pope.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.