2010-10-08
Original: 2010-10-08 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel):
A person kneeling at the side of a bed, hands clasped in prayer.
Person (praying): GOD... WHY IS THERE SUFFERING IN THE WORLD?
Voice from above (God): DAY ONE OF MAKING THE UNIVERSE... I FORGOT A MINUS SIGN. IT ALL SORTA...TRICKLES DOWN FROM THERE... GOOD LUCK!
Caption below panel: Fortunately, God doesn't answer prayers.
Votey:
The person again, head turned upward.
Person: WHY IS THERE DEATH?
God: FORGOT AN EXPONENT.
A person kneeling at the side of a bed, hands clasped in prayer.
Person (praying): GOD... WHY IS THERE SUFFERING IN THE WORLD?
Voice from above (God): DAY ONE OF MAKING THE UNIVERSE... I FORGOT A MINUS SIGN. IT ALL SORTA...TRICKLES DOWN FROM THERE... GOOD LUCK!
Caption below panel: Fortunately, God doesn't answer prayers.
Votey:
The person again, head turned upward.
Person: WHY IS THERE DEATH?
God: FORGOT AN EXPONENT.
Alt text
A person kneels at their bedside, hands clasped in prayer, and asks, "God... why is there suffering in the world?" A reply comes from above: "Day one of making the universe... I forgot a minus sign. It all sorta...trickles down from there... Good luck!" A caption beneath the panel reads, "Fortunately, God doesn't answer prayers." In the votey, the same person looks upward and asks, "Why is there death?" God answers, "Forgot an exponent." The joke: God blames the world's suffering and death on careless math errors made while creating the universe.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.