2014-03-27
Original: 2014-03-27 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A woman stands at a whiteboard with a line graph that trends sharply upward, gesturing with a pointer.
Woman: Our rate of childrearing is through the roof, and it's rising. We need to change so people will stop coming here.
Panel 2:
A man (with reddish hair) responds.
Man: What if we just put it in a different perspective?
Panel 3:
Caption: Soon...
The woman now stands at the whiteboard presenting to others.
Woman: 40% of babies born here can kill Macbeth!
Votey:
A large hand reaches toward a baby (offscreen) in a cooing, baby-talk gesture.
Voice: Who's a lil' usurper-slayer? You are!
A woman stands at a whiteboard with a line graph that trends sharply upward, gesturing with a pointer.
Woman: Our rate of childrearing is through the roof, and it's rising. We need to change so people will stop coming here.
Panel 2:
A man (with reddish hair) responds.
Man: What if we just put it in a different perspective?
Panel 3:
Caption: Soon...
The woman now stands at the whiteboard presenting to others.
Woman: 40% of babies born here can kill Macbeth!
Votey:
A large hand reaches toward a baby (offscreen) in a cooing, baby-talk gesture.
Voice: Who's a lil' usurper-slayer? You are!
Alt text
A three-panel comic. Panel 1: a woman at a whiteboard with a steeply rising line graph says their rate of childrearing is through the roof and rising, and they need to change so people will stop coming here. Panel 2: a man with reddish hair suggests, 'What if we just put it in a different perspective?' Panel 3, captioned 'Soon...': the woman, now presenting to an audience, cheerfully reframes the same statistic as a selling point: '40% of babies born here can kill Macbeth!' (a reference to the prophecy that Macbeth can be slain only by one not born of woman). Votey aftercomic: a large hand reaches toward an unseen baby in playful baby-talk, cooing, 'Who's a lil' usurper-slayer? You are!'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.