2013-02-15
Original: 2013-02-15 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A heavenly scene with clouds, a golden sun, and two robed, winged angelic/divine figures with long hair, one holding a scroll.
Divine figure (speaking): I NEED TO WRITE A STORY ABOUT HOW SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WILL ALLOW MANKIND TO OVERCOME BRUTE FORCE.
Panel 2: Banner across the top reads: LATER...
A child wearing glasses speaks to a bearded rabbi (long beard, sidelocks, dark coat) against a red background.
Child: RABBI, WHAT'S THE STORY OF DAVID AND GOLIATH ABOUT?
Rabbi: THIS ONE TIME, WE KICKED THE PHILISTINES' ASSES.
Votey:
A hand-drawn diagram titled "Shoulder to projectile distance" comparing two figures with vertical lines and brackets. The left bracket is labeled ~150cm under the label "David"; the right bracket is labeled ~100cm under the label "Goliath." Between the two names is a circled "VS".
Divine figure (speaking): I NEED TO WRITE A STORY ABOUT HOW SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WILL ALLOW MANKIND TO OVERCOME BRUTE FORCE.
Panel 2: Banner across the top reads: LATER...
A child wearing glasses speaks to a bearded rabbi (long beard, sidelocks, dark coat) against a red background.
Child: RABBI, WHAT'S THE STORY OF DAVID AND GOLIATH ABOUT?
Rabbi: THIS ONE TIME, WE KICKED THE PHILISTINES' ASSES.
Votey:
A hand-drawn diagram titled "Shoulder to projectile distance" comparing two figures with vertical lines and brackets. The left bracket is labeled ~150cm under the label "David"; the right bracket is labeled ~100cm under the label "Goliath." Between the two names is a circled "VS".
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a heavenly scene with clouds, a golden sun, and two long-haired winged divine figures (one holding a scroll). One declares: "I need to write a story about how science and technology will allow mankind to overcome brute force." Panel 2, labeled "Later...": a bespectacled child asks a bearded rabbi, "Rabbi, what's the story of David and Goliath about?" The rabbi answers, "This one time, we kicked the Philistines' asses." The joke: the divine author's high-minded message about brains over brawn gets remembered simply as a tale of beating up enemies. Votey (aftercomic): a hand-drawn diagram titled "Shoulder to projectile distance" comparing David (bracket labeled ~150cm) versus Goliath (bracket labeled ~100cm), with a circled "VS" between them, suggesting David's sling gave him longer reach.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.