2008-10-10
Original: 2008-10-10 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: SMBC BIOGRAPHIES PRESENTS:
LEONHARD EULER: A LEGACY OF MATHEMATICS
Panel 1 (label: BERLIN, 1748):
An elderly man with grey hair, seen from behind, sits at a desk writing in a large book. On the page is the formula: lim n->infinity (1 + 1/n)^n = "e".
Man: "I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THIS REVELATION WILL INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS TO DISCOVER THE SUBLIME BEAUTY OF MATHEMATICS."
Panel 2 (label: MODERN DAY):
A woman with red hair and glasses (seen from behind) talks with a smiling man in a green shirt.
Man: "WHAT DID EULER FIND IN THE TOILET?"
Man: "NATURAL LOG!"
Woman: "HAHA HAHAHAHA HAHA!"
Votey:
A shirtless, smiling red-haired man stands behind a podium.
Man: "NOW TO SEAL THE DEAL WITH A MATH/POOP JOKE."
LEONHARD EULER: A LEGACY OF MATHEMATICS
Panel 1 (label: BERLIN, 1748):
An elderly man with grey hair, seen from behind, sits at a desk writing in a large book. On the page is the formula: lim n->infinity (1 + 1/n)^n = "e".
Man: "I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THIS REVELATION WILL INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS TO DISCOVER THE SUBLIME BEAUTY OF MATHEMATICS."
Panel 2 (label: MODERN DAY):
A woman with red hair and glasses (seen from behind) talks with a smiling man in a green shirt.
Man: "WHAT DID EULER FIND IN THE TOILET?"
Man: "NATURAL LOG!"
Woman: "HAHA HAHAHAHA HAHA!"
Votey:
A shirtless, smiling red-haired man stands behind a podium.
Man: "NOW TO SEAL THE DEAL WITH A MATH/POOP JOKE."
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic titled "SMBC BIOGRAPHIES PRESENTS: LEONHARD EULER: A LEGACY OF MATHEMATICS." Panel 1, labeled "BERLIN, 1748": an elderly grey-haired man, seen from behind, writes in a large book at a desk. The page shows the formula for e: the limit as n goes to infinity of (1 + 1/n)^n equals "e". He grandly declares he hopes this revelation will inspire future generations to discover the sublime beauty of mathematics. Panel 2, labeled "MODERN DAY": a man in a green shirt grins at a red-haired woman in glasses and asks, "What did Euler find in the toilet? Natural log!" The woman laughs hard. The joke contrasts Euler's lofty hope for his mathematical legacy with the modern result being a pun on 'natural log' (logarithm vs. a log of poop). Votey: a shirtless, smiling red-haired man stands at a podium and says, "Now to seal the deal with a math/poop joke," revealing the pun was a deliberate seduction tactic.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.