2008-11-13
Original: 2008-11-13 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1
An elderly man with wild gray hair (resembling Albert Einstein), wearing a green shirt, faces a balding man in black clothing with a white clerical collar (a priest).
Gray-haired man: BUT, I DISCOVERED THE EQUATIONS THAT DEFINE REALITY!
Priest: SURE, BUT WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS FOR YOU TO DIE, AND THEN HAVE AN UNRELIABLE CRAZY LADY TO SAY SHE GOT HEALTHY AFTER DREAMING ABOUT YOU.
Caption (below panel): It's worth noting: There is no Saint Einstein.
Votey:
A black-and-white sketch. The gray-haired (Einstein-like) man stands with a speech bubble reading "E=MC²...". The priest, eyes wide, has a speech bubble reading "WHAT THE-". Below them, the head and shoulders of a wild-haired woman appear, as if having materialized or risen up unexpectedly.
An elderly man with wild gray hair (resembling Albert Einstein), wearing a green shirt, faces a balding man in black clothing with a white clerical collar (a priest).
Gray-haired man: BUT, I DISCOVERED THE EQUATIONS THAT DEFINE REALITY!
Priest: SURE, BUT WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS FOR YOU TO DIE, AND THEN HAVE AN UNRELIABLE CRAZY LADY TO SAY SHE GOT HEALTHY AFTER DREAMING ABOUT YOU.
Caption (below panel): It's worth noting: There is no Saint Einstein.
Votey:
A black-and-white sketch. The gray-haired (Einstein-like) man stands with a speech bubble reading "E=MC²...". The priest, eyes wide, has a speech bubble reading "WHAT THE-". Below them, the head and shoulders of a wild-haired woman appear, as if having materialized or risen up unexpectedly.
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. In the main panel, an elderly man with wild gray hair like Albert Einstein, wearing a green shirt, talks to a balding priest in black with a white collar. The man says, 'But, I discovered the equations that define reality!' The priest replies, 'Sure, but what we really need is for you to die, and then have an unreliable crazy lady to say she got healthy after dreaming about you.' A caption below reads: 'It's worth noting: There is no Saint Einstein.' The joke contrasts scientific achievement with the requirements for Catholic sainthood (death plus a verified miracle). The votey is a rough black-and-white sketch: the Einstein-like man says 'E=MC²...' while the priest, eyes wide, exclaims 'What the-' as a wild-haired woman suddenly appears rising up beside them, implying a miracle appearing on cue.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.