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2013-12-10

Original: 2013-12-10 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Main comic (single panel, yellow background, handwritten text only):

THIS LIMERICK GOES IN REVERSE
UNLESS I'M REMISS
THE NEAT THING IS THIS:
IF YOU START FROM THE BOTTOM-MOST VERSE
THIS LIMERICK'S NOT ANY WORSE

Votey:
A woman (speaking): "WOW, YOU FOUND SOMETHING LAZIER THAN GRAPH JOKES."
(A second person rests their head against her, looking unimpressed.)

Alt text

A single yellow panel of handwritten text presenting a self-referential limerick whose lines are arranged out of order. It reads: "This limerick goes in reverse / unless I'm remiss / the neat thing is this: / if you start from the bottom-most verse / this limerick's not any worse." The joke is that the lines are scrambled, and reading them bottom-to-top works just as (poorly) as top-to-bottom. Votey: a black-and-white drawing of a woman with her eyes half-closed saying, "Wow, you found something lazier than graph jokes," while another person leans their head against her, looking unimpressed.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.