2010-07-16
Original: 2010-07-16 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A family plays a board game at a table. A young boy holds a fan of play money. Visible on the board is the word "MONOPOLY." The people at the table are a mustached man, a red-haired woman, the young boy, and an older bearded man with glasses.
Boy: IF THIS WERE REAL MONEY, WE'D BE RICH!
Panel 2:
The older bearded man with glasses leans in toward the boy, growing intense.
Bearded man: IF THIS WERE REAL MONEY, COUNTERFEITING WOULD BE EASY! THE EXPONENTIALLY INCREASING MONEY SUPPLY WOULD CAUSE HYPERINFLATION, AND THE SUDDENLY UNSTABLE ECONOMY WOULD RESULT IN MANUFACTURERS DECREASING PRODUCTION, DRIVING INFLATION TO STILL FURTHER HEIGHTS!
Panel 3:
The bearded man, now visibly agitated and grimacing, gets right in the boy's face.
Bearded man: NOW WE'RE EATING BOILED MONOPOLY MONEY JUST TO STAY ALIVE, BOBBY. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? IS IT?!
Caption below the comic: Economists are no longer allowed at boardgame night.
Votey:
The bearded man, eyes closed and calm.
Bearded man: YOU NOW OWE ME A $50,000 CONSULTING FEE
A family plays a board game at a table. A young boy holds a fan of play money. Visible on the board is the word "MONOPOLY." The people at the table are a mustached man, a red-haired woman, the young boy, and an older bearded man with glasses.
Boy: IF THIS WERE REAL MONEY, WE'D BE RICH!
Panel 2:
The older bearded man with glasses leans in toward the boy, growing intense.
Bearded man: IF THIS WERE REAL MONEY, COUNTERFEITING WOULD BE EASY! THE EXPONENTIALLY INCREASING MONEY SUPPLY WOULD CAUSE HYPERINFLATION, AND THE SUDDENLY UNSTABLE ECONOMY WOULD RESULT IN MANUFACTURERS DECREASING PRODUCTION, DRIVING INFLATION TO STILL FURTHER HEIGHTS!
Panel 3:
The bearded man, now visibly agitated and grimacing, gets right in the boy's face.
Bearded man: NOW WE'RE EATING BOILED MONOPOLY MONEY JUST TO STAY ALIVE, BOBBY. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? IS IT?!
Caption below the comic: Economists are no longer allowed at boardgame night.
Votey:
The bearded man, eyes closed and calm.
Bearded man: YOU NOW OWE ME A $50,000 CONSULTING FEE
Alt text
A three-panel comic at a family board game night. Panel 1: A boy holds a fan of play money over a Monopoly board and says, "If this were real money, we'd be rich!" Around the table sit a mustached man, a red-haired woman, the boy, and an older bearded man in glasses. Panel 2: The bearded man leans in and launches into an escalating economic lecture: "If this were real money, counterfeiting would be easy! The exponentially increasing money supply would cause hyperinflation, and the suddenly unstable economy would result in manufacturers decreasing production, driving inflation to still further heights!" Panel 3: He's now grimacing in the boy's face, ranting, "Now we're eating boiled Monopoly money just to stay alive, Bobby. Is that what you want? Is it?!" A caption reads: "Economists are no longer allowed at boardgame night." Votey aftercomic: The bearded man, eyes closed and serene, adds, "You now owe me a $50,000 consulting fee."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.