2010-11-04
Original: 2010-11-04 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (DAY 1):
A bearded man holding a spear and an older bearded man with gray hair stand near a hole in the ground in a dark, cavern-like setting.
Bearded man with spear: THERE ARE STRANGE FUMES SEEPING FROM THIS HOLE IN THE EARTH.
Older gray-haired man: IT'S THE SPIRITS OF THE VENGEFUL DEAD!
Panel 2 (DAY 2):
The bearded man crouches and holds a flaming torch to a small fire burning by the hole; the older gray-haired man sits nearby with his hand on his chin, thinking.
Bearded man: HUH... IF I CATCH THE SPIRITS OF THE VENGEFUL DEAD ON FIRE, THE FIRE PERSISTS.
Older gray-haired man: HRMMM...
Panel 3 (DAY 3):
A crowd of people gathers around a counter / stall where two men serve food. Signs read: HOT SOUP! and LOW PRICES! One man hands a bowl across the counter.
Sign: HOT SOUP!
Sign: LOW PRICES!
Caption below the comic: This is the best thing about humans.
Votey:
Close-up of a smiling bald man's face, speaking.
Man: THE SECRET INGREDIENT... IS HATE.
A bearded man holding a spear and an older bearded man with gray hair stand near a hole in the ground in a dark, cavern-like setting.
Bearded man with spear: THERE ARE STRANGE FUMES SEEPING FROM THIS HOLE IN THE EARTH.
Older gray-haired man: IT'S THE SPIRITS OF THE VENGEFUL DEAD!
Panel 2 (DAY 2):
The bearded man crouches and holds a flaming torch to a small fire burning by the hole; the older gray-haired man sits nearby with his hand on his chin, thinking.
Bearded man: HUH... IF I CATCH THE SPIRITS OF THE VENGEFUL DEAD ON FIRE, THE FIRE PERSISTS.
Older gray-haired man: HRMMM...
Panel 3 (DAY 3):
A crowd of people gathers around a counter / stall where two men serve food. Signs read: HOT SOUP! and LOW PRICES! One man hands a bowl across the counter.
Sign: HOT SOUP!
Sign: LOW PRICES!
Caption below the comic: This is the best thing about humans.
Votey:
Close-up of a smiling bald man's face, speaking.
Man: THE SECRET INGREDIENT... IS HATE.
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic about prehistoric people discovering a natural gas vent. DAY 1: In a dark cave, a bearded man holding a spear tells an older gray-haired man, 'There are strange fumes seeping from this hole in the earth.' The older man replies, 'It's the spirits of the vengeful dead!' DAY 2: The bearded man crouches and touches a torch to a small flame at the hole, lighting it. He says, 'Huh... if I catch the spirits of the vengeful dead on fire, the fire persists.' The older man strokes his chin, musing, 'Hrmmm...' DAY 3: A bustling crowd presses around a food stall with signs reading 'Hot Soup!' and 'Low Prices!' where two men serve bowls of soup cooked over the gas flame. Caption beneath: 'This is the best thing about humans.' The joke: humans instantly turned a mysterious supernatural phenomenon into a cheap commercial soup business. Votey aftercomic: a close-up of a grinning bald man's face declaring, 'The secret ingredient... is hate.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.