2013-04-26
Original: 2013-04-26 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A bald man with glasses and brown hair on the sides stands outside a diner at night, looking up at a large illuminated sign.
Sign: PORKY'S DINER: "WHERE THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT"
Panel 2: The man bursts in through the diner door, arms thrown wide.
Panel 3: The man stands at the counter facing a worker wearing a yellow cap marked with a "P".
Man: IS THAT SIGN ACCURATE?!
Worker: YES SIR!
Panel 4: Close on the man and the worker at the counter (a cash register between them).
Man: THE REAL PART OF ANY NON-TRIVIAL ZERO OF THE RIEMANN ZETA FUNCTION IS 1/2!
Panel 5: A rolled-up newspaper.
Headline: MATHEMATICIAN PROVES RIEMANN HYPOTHESIS
A photo beneath the headline shows the bald man with glasses.
Votey:
Text on a plain framed panel: IF THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT, DOES THE UNIVERSE END IF HE SAYS "I AM WRONG?"
Sign: PORKY'S DINER: "WHERE THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT"
Panel 2: The man bursts in through the diner door, arms thrown wide.
Panel 3: The man stands at the counter facing a worker wearing a yellow cap marked with a "P".
Man: IS THAT SIGN ACCURATE?!
Worker: YES SIR!
Panel 4: Close on the man and the worker at the counter (a cash register between them).
Man: THE REAL PART OF ANY NON-TRIVIAL ZERO OF THE RIEMANN ZETA FUNCTION IS 1/2!
Panel 5: A rolled-up newspaper.
Headline: MATHEMATICIAN PROVES RIEMANN HYPOTHESIS
A photo beneath the headline shows the bald man with glasses.
Votey:
Text on a plain framed panel: IF THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT, DOES THE UNIVERSE END IF HE SAYS "I AM WRONG?"
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A bald, bespectacled man stands at night before a glowing sign reading "PORKY'S DINER: 'WHERE THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT'." Panel 2: He bursts through the diner door with arms spread wide. Panel 3: At the counter he demands of a worker in a yellow "P" cap, "IS THAT SIGN ACCURATE?!" The worker answers, "YES SIR!" Panel 4: The man leans in and declares, "THE REAL PART OF ANY NON-TRIVIAL ZERO OF THE RIEMANN ZETA FUNCTION IS 1/2!" Panel 5: A newspaper headline reads "MATHEMATICIAN PROVES RIEMANN HYPOTHESIS," with a photo of the same man. The joke: by getting the diner to vouch that the customer is always right, he forces validation of his unproven math claim. Votey: A plain framed panel of text reading, "IF THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT, DOES THE UNIVERSE END IF HE SAYS 'I AM WRONG?'"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.