2011-12-04
Original: 2011-12-04 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Caption (red banner at top): WE ALREADY PUT WARNING LABELS ON CIGARETTES. WHY NOT LOTTERY TICKETS TOO?
Panel: A lottery ticket / scratch card. Printed on it in a yellow header box: MATHEMATICIAN GENERAL'S WARNING:
Below, in the pink body of the ticket: THE EXPECTED VALUE OF THIS PIECE OF PAPER IS -$2.18.
SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE LOSING $2.18.
Votey:
Thought bubble: OLD MAN WEINER DISAPPROVES OF YOUR BEHAVIOR!
Below the bubble, a frowning bearded old man sits hunched at a desk, writing with a pen, looking disapproving.
Panel: A lottery ticket / scratch card. Printed on it in a yellow header box: MATHEMATICIAN GENERAL'S WARNING:
Below, in the pink body of the ticket: THE EXPECTED VALUE OF THIS PIECE OF PAPER IS -$2.18.
SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE LOSING $2.18.
Votey:
Thought bubble: OLD MAN WEINER DISAPPROVES OF YOUR BEHAVIOR!
Below the bubble, a frowning bearded old man sits hunched at a desk, writing with a pen, looking disapproving.
Alt text
A red banner caption reads: "We already put warning labels on cigarettes. Why not lottery tickets too?" Below it is a drawing of a lottery scratch ticket. A yellow header box on the ticket reads "MATHEMATICIAN GENERAL'S WARNING:" and the pink body text below reads "The expected value of this piece of paper is -$2.18. Side effects may include losing $2.18." The joke parodies cigarette warning labels by putting a deadpan statistics warning on a lottery ticket, noting it is a guaranteed money-loser. Votey (bonus panel): A thought bubble reads "OLD MAN WEINER DISAPPROVES OF YOUR BEHAVIOR!" while a frowning, bearded old man hunches over a desk writing with a pen, looking disapproving.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.