2009-03-24
Original: 2009-03-24 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A printed exam paper lies on a desk, illuminated.
Exam text: "PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS FINAL EXAM. Is it possible to travel back in time and kill your mother before she gave birth to you?"
Panel 2: A hand holding a pencil writes a one-word answer on the exam paper.
Written answer: "No"
Panel 3: A young man with glasses and reddish-blond hair looks pensive, touching his cheek.
Panel 4: Close-up of the same man, now with stitches across his cheek, looking distressed.
Panel 5: The hand returns to the exam paper and expands the written answer.
Written answer: "No. Her Kung Fu is too powerful"
Votey:
The exam paper shown with the grader's marks. Additional handwritten text reads: "IT WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY 22 NINJAS TO VIOLATE CAUSALITY". The grade "A+" is written at the bottom.
Exam text: "PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS FINAL EXAM. Is it possible to travel back in time and kill your mother before she gave birth to you?"
Panel 2: A hand holding a pencil writes a one-word answer on the exam paper.
Written answer: "No"
Panel 3: A young man with glasses and reddish-blond hair looks pensive, touching his cheek.
Panel 4: Close-up of the same man, now with stitches across his cheek, looking distressed.
Panel 5: The hand returns to the exam paper and expands the written answer.
Written answer: "No. Her Kung Fu is too powerful"
Votey:
The exam paper shown with the grader's marks. Additional handwritten text reads: "IT WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY 22 NINJAS TO VIOLATE CAUSALITY". The grade "A+" is written at the bottom.
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic about a philosophy of physics final exam. The exam question reads: "Is it possible to travel back in time and kill your mother before she gave birth to you?" A hand with a pencil writes "No." Two panels show a young man with glasses looking troubled, then with fresh stitches across his cheek, implying he tangled with his mother. He adds to his answer: "No. Her Kung Fu is too powerful." Votey: a close-up of the graded exam paper with the additional written note "It would take approximately 22 ninjas to violate causality," marked with a large "A+."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.