2009-10-08
Original: 2009-10-08 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Robot: Master, do I have a soul?
Panel 2:
Man with flame-like orange hair and green goggles: Yes. When you were first created, you did not. But, once you gain awareness, the universe endows you with a soul, regardless of your makeup.
Panel 3:
Robot: Why... why do I feel like we have this conversation...
Robot: ...about every three years?
Panel 4:
The man with flame-like hair grins as a large funnel-tipped device descends over the robot's head. Sound effect: ZAP
Panel 5:
A funnel-tipped tube extends from the scene where the robot sits, feeding into a large grey canister labeled SOUL HARVESTER.
Votey:
Three large canisters connected by tubes in sequence, each feeding into the next: SOUL HARVESTER -> SOUL COMPRESSOR -> MAPLE SYRUP. A small bucket sits beneath a spigot on the final MAPLE SYRUP canister.
Robot: Master, do I have a soul?
Panel 2:
Man with flame-like orange hair and green goggles: Yes. When you were first created, you did not. But, once you gain awareness, the universe endows you with a soul, regardless of your makeup.
Panel 3:
Robot: Why... why do I feel like we have this conversation...
Robot: ...about every three years?
Panel 4:
The man with flame-like hair grins as a large funnel-tipped device descends over the robot's head. Sound effect: ZAP
Panel 5:
A funnel-tipped tube extends from the scene where the robot sits, feeding into a large grey canister labeled SOUL HARVESTER.
Votey:
Three large canisters connected by tubes in sequence, each feeding into the next: SOUL HARVESTER -> SOUL COMPRESSOR -> MAPLE SYRUP. A small bucket sits beneath a spigot on the final MAPLE SYRUP canister.
Alt text
A five-panel comic drawn in color. A grey robot asks its master, "Master, do I have a soul?" The master, a bald man with spiky flame-like orange hair and green goggles, smiles and reassures him: when he was first created he had no soul, but once he gained awareness the universe endowed him with one regardless of his makeup. The robot, puzzled, says, "Why... why do I feel like we have this conversation... about every three years?" The grinning master lowers a large funnel-shaped device over the robot's head with a ZAP. The final panel shows a tube running from the robot into a big grey canister labeled SOUL HARVESTER. Votey (a black-and-white aftercomic): three canisters linked in a row by tubes, labeled SOUL HARVESTER, then SOUL COMPRESSOR, then MAPLE SYRUP, with a little bucket catching the output from a spigot. The joke: the master repeatedly harvests his robot's freshly-grown soul and processes it into maple syrup.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.