2013-01-14
Original: 2013-01-14 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
L/B thought it'd be a good idea to have an economics-engineering department lunch.
Sign on building: TODAY: LUNCHEON FOR ECON & ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS
Panel 2:
Happily, everyone had a lot to learn from each other.
Economist: Why don't engineering students use the trained one another's problem?
Engineer: Some countries have more than two people.
Economist: Interesting.
Panel 3:
There were even a few surprises.
Economist: Why... GDP is calculated from the total value of all final transactions!
Engineer: Yes, why?
Economist: I'll be right back.
Panel 4:
The engineers went out to dea, found a two foot wide rock, and declared it a sovereign state.
Engineer: It's our tree macroeconomica!
Panel 5:
They put a computer in the rock's home, and had it execute a single program.
Engineer: It gives you a dollar from me in exchange for the election motion mounted in that program. Then it gives me a dollar from you for the [r]election motion of that step. It then repeats as fast as possible.
Panel 6:
The results were technically accurate and also useless.
Engineer: We're rich!
(A chart on an easel shows a rising line labeled with axes -- the value graph spikes upward.)
Panel 7:
There were no longer any interdepartmental lunches.
Sign: TODAY: 2.7M MORGAGES
Sign: ECONOMICS
Panel 8:
But all economic advisory councils are now headed by engineers.
Woman in suit: Madame, what's the going rate the represents?
Engineer (at podium): That's if we get some rock.
Votey:
Title placard: IRONY:
A line graph. The y-axis is labeled WEALTH. The x-axis is labeled JOKES ABOUT ECONOMICS. The curve starts high on the left and slopes down toward zero as it moves right -- wealth decreases as jokes about economics increase.
L/B thought it'd be a good idea to have an economics-engineering department lunch.
Sign on building: TODAY: LUNCHEON FOR ECON & ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS
Panel 2:
Happily, everyone had a lot to learn from each other.
Economist: Why don't engineering students use the trained one another's problem?
Engineer: Some countries have more than two people.
Economist: Interesting.
Panel 3:
There were even a few surprises.
Economist: Why... GDP is calculated from the total value of all final transactions!
Engineer: Yes, why?
Economist: I'll be right back.
Panel 4:
The engineers went out to dea, found a two foot wide rock, and declared it a sovereign state.
Engineer: It's our tree macroeconomica!
Panel 5:
They put a computer in the rock's home, and had it execute a single program.
Engineer: It gives you a dollar from me in exchange for the election motion mounted in that program. Then it gives me a dollar from you for the [r]election motion of that step. It then repeats as fast as possible.
Panel 6:
The results were technically accurate and also useless.
Engineer: We're rich!
(A chart on an easel shows a rising line labeled with axes -- the value graph spikes upward.)
Panel 7:
There were no longer any interdepartmental lunches.
Sign: TODAY: 2.7M MORGAGES
Sign: ECONOMICS
Panel 8:
But all economic advisory councils are now headed by engineers.
Woman in suit: Madame, what's the going rate the represents?
Engineer (at podium): That's if we get some rock.
Votey:
Title placard: IRONY:
A line graph. The y-axis is labeled WEALTH. The x-axis is labeled JOKES ABOUT ECONOMICS. The curve starts high on the left and slopes down toward zero as it moves right -- wealth decreases as jokes about economics increase.
Alt text
A tall black-background SMBC comic. Panel 1 (caption: L/B thought it'd be a good idea to have an economics-engineering department lunch): a building with a sign announcing a luncheon for the econ and engineering departments. Panel 2 (caption: Happily, everyone had a lot to learn from each other): an economist and an engineer talk; the economist asks why engineering students don't apply a shared method, the engineer replies that some countries have more than two people, the economist says "Interesting." Panel 3 (caption: There were even a few surprises): the economist explains GDP is calculated from the total value of all final transactions, then suddenly says "I'll be right back." Panel 4 (caption: The engineers went out to sea, found a two-foot-wide rock, and declared it a sovereign state): a hand holds a small rock above the water; the engineer dubs it a macroeconomic state. Panel 5 (caption: They put a computer in the rock's home and had it execute a single program): a red-haired engineer explains the computer endlessly trades a dollar back and forth between two people as fast as possible. Panel 6 (caption: The results were technically accurate and also useless): the engineer shouts "We're rich!" beside an easel chart with a sharply rising line. Panel 7 (caption: There were no longer any interdepartmental lunches): a sign reading economics and a figure walking away. Panel 8 (caption: But all economic advisory councils are now headed by engineers): a woman in a suit addresses an engineer at a podium about going rates, and he answers "That's if we get some rock." Votey: a hand-drawn line graph titled IRONY, with the y-axis labeled WEALTH and the x-axis labeled JOKES ABOUT ECONOMICS; the curve starts high and drops toward zero, showing that wealth falls as jokes about economics increase.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.