2011-03-26
Original: 2011-03-26 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Main comic (a single panel showing a handwritten exam answer):
Question 19:
Cite two causes of the first world war.
(Handwritten answer:)
1. The universal wavefunction
2. The boundary conditions of the universe.
Caption below the panel: Physicists are no longer allowed in history class.
Votey:
Narration (handwritten): PS: Sorry yesterday wasn't a dirty joke -- please accept this customary apology armadillo.
An armadillo wearing sunglasses, speech bubble: "I'M SORRY, BABY."
Question 19:
Cite two causes of the first world war.
(Handwritten answer:)
1. The universal wavefunction
2. The boundary conditions of the universe.
Caption below the panel: Physicists are no longer allowed in history class.
Votey:
Narration (handwritten): PS: Sorry yesterday wasn't a dirty joke -- please accept this customary apology armadillo.
An armadillo wearing sunglasses, speech bubble: "I'M SORRY, BABY."
Alt text
A single comic panel depicting a handwritten exam. Printed text reads: "Question 19: Cite two causes of the first world war." Below it, in messy student handwriting, the answer is: "1. The universal wavefunction. 2. The boundary conditions of the universe." A caption under the panel reads: "Physicists are no longer allowed in history class." The joke is that the physics-minded student traces WWI back to the deterministic initial state of the entire cosmos rather than to any historical event. Votey (bonus panel): handwritten narration says "PS: Sorry yesterday wasn't a dirty joke -- please accept this customary apology armadillo," beside a cartoon armadillo wearing sunglasses that says in a speech bubble, "I'M SORRY, BABY."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.