2013-09-06
Original: 2013-09-06 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A woman with dark hair and round glasses (the joke-teller): OKAY, I'VE GOT A GOOD ONE.
Panel 2 (caption box, top):
TWO PERFECTLY RATIONAL PERFECTLY INFORMED INDIVIDUALS WALK INTO A BAR.
(Two men in top hats and old-fashioned coats stand inside a bar.)
Panel 3 (caption box):
AWARE THAT THEY ARE IN A JOKE, THEY DETERMINE THE COST OF STAYING IS WORTH TEN UNITS AND THE VALUE OF THEIR PREFERENCE TO STAY IS WORTH SEVEN UNITS.
One of the top-hatted men, holding a small graph: (graph showing a curve)
The other top-hatted man: DEAR ME.
Panel 4 (caption box, small):
THE JOKE ENDS.
Panel 5:
A bald man with a beard in a suit: THIS IS WHY NOBODY LIKES MICROECONOMISTS.
The woman with dark hair and glasses (holding a drink): IT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON.
Votey:
Caption (top): EARLIER THIS WEEK...
A person leaning over a desk, writing, with a speech bubble: COMEDY GOLD!
Handwritten on the page: GORDON TULLOCK
A woman with dark hair and round glasses (the joke-teller): OKAY, I'VE GOT A GOOD ONE.
Panel 2 (caption box, top):
TWO PERFECTLY RATIONAL PERFECTLY INFORMED INDIVIDUALS WALK INTO A BAR.
(Two men in top hats and old-fashioned coats stand inside a bar.)
Panel 3 (caption box):
AWARE THAT THEY ARE IN A JOKE, THEY DETERMINE THE COST OF STAYING IS WORTH TEN UNITS AND THE VALUE OF THEIR PREFERENCE TO STAY IS WORTH SEVEN UNITS.
One of the top-hatted men, holding a small graph: (graph showing a curve)
The other top-hatted man: DEAR ME.
Panel 4 (caption box, small):
THE JOKE ENDS.
Panel 5:
A bald man with a beard in a suit: THIS IS WHY NOBODY LIKES MICROECONOMISTS.
The woman with dark hair and glasses (holding a drink): IT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON.
Votey:
Caption (top): EARLIER THIS WEEK...
A person leaning over a desk, writing, with a speech bubble: COMEDY GOLD!
Handwritten on the page: GORDON TULLOCK
Alt text
A five-panel comic. Panel 1: a woman with dark hair and round glasses says "Okay, I've got a good one." Panel 2, with an orange caption box: "Two perfectly rational perfectly informed individuals walk into a bar" -- showing two men in top hats and old-timey coats inside a bar. Panel 3, caption: "Aware that they are in a joke, they determine the cost of staying is worth ten units and the value of their preference to stay is worth seven units." One man holds up a tiny graph; the other says "Dear me." Panel 4, small caption: "The joke ends." Panel 5: a bald bearded man in a suit says "This is why nobody likes microeconomists," and the woman, now looking deflated and holding a drink, replies "It's not the only reason." The joke is that two perfectly rational economic agents would do cost-benefit math and immediately leave the bar, killing the joke. Votey aftercomic: captioned "Earlier this week..." a person hunched over a desk writing exclaims "Comedy gold!" with the name "Gordon Tullock" scrawled on the page (a nod to the economist).
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.