2010-07-02
Original: 2010-07-02 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A nude man and woman (Adam and Eve figures) stand in a garden. A voice from above (God, depicted as a large yellow speech bubble bordered in purple) speaks.
God: YOU SHALL NOT EAT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE! IF YOU DO, I WILL FIND OUT, FOR IT WILL GIVE YOU KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNNIEST JOKE IN THE UNIVERSE... IT IS TOO GREAT FOR YOU TO HOLD.
Panel 2: Close-up of the man and woman. The man is grinning, suppressing a laugh.
Man: snrk!
(The woman looks at him, unamused.)
Panel 3: The man, now bearded, gestures triumphantly with his arms spread, having just made a joke. The woman beside him covers her face. The sun shines in the sky.
Man: THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!
Panel 4: Exterior scene. The man and woman, now clothed, stand outside a large yellow gate/doorway, having been cast out of the garden. They look downcast.
Votey:
Caption: SECRETLY...
The man (clothed, smiling slyly to himself) thinks/says: SO WORTH IT.
God: YOU SHALL NOT EAT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE! IF YOU DO, I WILL FIND OUT, FOR IT WILL GIVE YOU KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNNIEST JOKE IN THE UNIVERSE... IT IS TOO GREAT FOR YOU TO HOLD.
Panel 2: Close-up of the man and woman. The man is grinning, suppressing a laugh.
Man: snrk!
(The woman looks at him, unamused.)
Panel 3: The man, now bearded, gestures triumphantly with his arms spread, having just made a joke. The woman beside him covers her face. The sun shines in the sky.
Man: THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!
Panel 4: Exterior scene. The man and woman, now clothed, stand outside a large yellow gate/doorway, having been cast out of the garden. They look downcast.
Votey:
Caption: SECRETLY...
The man (clothed, smiling slyly to himself) thinks/says: SO WORTH IT.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic retelling the Garden of Eden. Panel 1: a nude Adam and Eve stand in a green garden as God, drawn as a giant yellow speech bubble in the sky, warns: "You shall not eat of the Tree of Knowledge! If you do, I will find out, for it will give you knowledge of the funniest joke in the universe... it is too great for you to hold." Panel 2: close-up; the man grins and stifles a laugh ("snrk!") while the woman frowns at him. Panel 3: the now-bearded man throws his arms wide and triumphantly delivers the forbidden joke: "That's what she said!" The woman covers her face. Panel 4: the two, now clothed and dejected, stand outside a large golden gate, expelled from Eden. Votey (extra panel): titled "Secretly...", the man smiles slyly to himself and says, "So worth it." The joke: the ultimate forbidden knowledge was just the "that's what she said" pun, and he has no regrets.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.