2012-04-24
Original: 2012-04-24 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (praying in silhouette): God, what is the meaning of life?
God (yellow speech bubble): Cheese.
Panel 2:
Man: What?
God: Cheese. Think about it.
Panel 3:
God: To make a good cheese, first you need to evolve mold. If you want some herbs, you gotta evolve plants. Then you have to wait till you evolve pigs for rennet and dairy cattle for milk.
Panel 4:
God: Then you need to evolve beings with brains big enough to domesticate all these things, then bring the ingredients together in just the right way over a long period of time.
Panel 5:
Man: But what about art, science, philosophy, religion...
God: Oh, yeah, there were a lot of side benefits to the whole cheese thing.
Panel 6:
Man: So my life has no point. I'm just a cheese byproduct. I'm whey.
God: Ahh, no, that's... mmm... no, you mmm...
Panel 7:
Man: Are you eating cheese while answering my prayer?
God: I'm sorry, but this Stilton is to die for.
Votey:
A round wheel of cheese with triangular wedge-shaped holes sits beside another cheese.
Voice (speech bubble): So... beautiful...
Man (praying in silhouette): God, what is the meaning of life?
God (yellow speech bubble): Cheese.
Panel 2:
Man: What?
God: Cheese. Think about it.
Panel 3:
God: To make a good cheese, first you need to evolve mold. If you want some herbs, you gotta evolve plants. Then you have to wait till you evolve pigs for rennet and dairy cattle for milk.
Panel 4:
God: Then you need to evolve beings with brains big enough to domesticate all these things, then bring the ingredients together in just the right way over a long period of time.
Panel 5:
Man: But what about art, science, philosophy, religion...
God: Oh, yeah, there were a lot of side benefits to the whole cheese thing.
Panel 6:
Man: So my life has no point. I'm just a cheese byproduct. I'm whey.
God: Ahh, no, that's... mmm... no, you mmm...
Panel 7:
Man: Are you eating cheese while answering my prayer?
God: I'm sorry, but this Stilton is to die for.
Votey:
A round wheel of cheese with triangular wedge-shaped holes sits beside another cheese.
Voice (speech bubble): So... beautiful...
Alt text
A seven-panel SMBC comic. A man kneels praying in darkness and asks God, 'What is the meaning of life?' God answers from a glowing yellow speech bubble: 'Cheese.' When the man says 'What?', God replies 'Cheese. Think about it,' and launches into a deadpan explanation: to make good cheese you first need to evolve mold, plants for herbs, pigs for rennet, and dairy cattle for milk, then evolve beings with brains big enough to domesticate all of it and combine the ingredients just right over a long period of time. The man asks, 'But what about art, science, philosophy, religion...' and God says, 'Oh, yeah, there were a lot of side benefits to the whole cheese thing.' Crestfallen, the man says, 'So my life has no point. I'm just a cheese byproduct. I'm whey.' God stammers, 'Ahh, no, that's... mmm... no, you mmm...' The man asks, 'Are you eating cheese while answering my prayer?' and God admits, 'I'm sorry, but this Stilton is to die for.' Votey: a round wheel of cheese with triangular holes sits next to another cheese while a voice sighs, 'So... beautiful...'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.