2015-01-10
Original: 2015-01-10 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Caption (top banner): FUN FACT: PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE ANY EXPLANATION OF A NURSERY RHYME, AS LONG AS IT'S HORRIFIC.
Woman (with glasses, dark hair, yellow turtleneck): Did you know that "Jack Sprat" was about the French monarchy starving Calvinists to death?
Man (red-orange hair): It makes so much sense now.
Votey:
Close-up of the man's face, eyes wide and slightly unsettled.
Caption (his thought/narration): The platter represents the Edict of Fontainbleau.
Woman (with glasses, dark hair, yellow turtleneck): Did you know that "Jack Sprat" was about the French monarchy starving Calvinists to death?
Man (red-orange hair): It makes so much sense now.
Votey:
Close-up of the man's face, eyes wide and slightly unsettled.
Caption (his thought/narration): The platter represents the Edict of Fontainbleau.
Alt text
A two-panel webcomic. Top yellow banner caption: "FUN FACT: PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE ANY EXPLANATION OF A NURSERY RHYME, AS LONG AS IT'S HORRIFIC." In the main panel, a woman with glasses and a yellow turtleneck tells a red-haired man, "Did you know that 'Jack Sprat' was about the French monarchy starving Calvinists to death?" The man, looking pensive and convinced, replies, "It makes so much sense now." Votey (aftercomic): an extreme close-up of the man's wide, slightly disturbed eyes as he muses, "The platter represents the Edict of Fontainbleau" — absurdly over-applying the false explanation to the rhyme's details.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.