jonah-moses-noah
Original: jonah-moses-noah on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
First man: "Hey, wanna play Jonah-Moses-Noah?"
Second man: "What's that?"
Panel 2:
First man: "It's Rock, Paper, Scissors, but you go biblical."
Panel 3 (the two men play, hands raised):
First man: "Jonah beats Noah because Jonah hides in a whale during the flood."
Panel 4:
First man: "Noah beats Moses because he can flood out Moses' parted sea."
Panel 5:
First man: "And Moses beats Jonah because he can part the sea under the whale."
Second man: "Okay, let's do it. One... two... three!"
Panel 6 (both throw a gesture):
First man: "What's that?"
Second man: "Jesus."
Panel 7:
Second man (smug): "Imagine if all water attacks!"
Votey:
A man's face (the second man) with text above him: "You can beat Jesus for 30 coins."
First man: "Hey, wanna play Jonah-Moses-Noah?"
Second man: "What's that?"
Panel 2:
First man: "It's Rock, Paper, Scissors, but you go biblical."
Panel 3 (the two men play, hands raised):
First man: "Jonah beats Noah because Jonah hides in a whale during the flood."
Panel 4:
First man: "Noah beats Moses because he can flood out Moses' parted sea."
Panel 5:
First man: "And Moses beats Jonah because he can part the sea under the whale."
Second man: "Okay, let's do it. One... two... three!"
Panel 6 (both throw a gesture):
First man: "What's that?"
Second man: "Jesus."
Panel 7:
Second man (smug): "Imagine if all water attacks!"
Votey:
A man's face (the second man) with text above him: "You can beat Jesus for 30 coins."
Alt text
A two-panel-wide six-panel comic. Two men play a biblical variant of Rock-Paper-Scissors. Panel 1: One man asks the other, 'Hey, wanna play Jonah-Moses-Noah?' The other asks 'What's that?' Panel 2: 'It's Rock, Paper, Scissors, but you go biblical.' Panels 3-5 explain the rules, all drawn as hands: Jonah beats Noah (Jonah hides in a whale during the flood), Noah beats Moses (he can flood out Moses' parted sea), and Moses beats Jonah (he can part the sea under the whale). Panel 5: They count off 'One... two... three!' Panel 6: Both throw the same unexpected move; the first man asks 'What's that?' and the second answers 'Jesus.' Panel 7: The second man grins smugly and says 'Imagine if all water attacks!' The joke: he has invented an unbeatable move, Jesus, who can walk on (and command) all water. Votey: a close-up of the smug man's face with the caption 'You can beat Jesus for 30 coins' — a reference to Judas betraying Jesus for thirty pieces of silver, implying Jesus is only beatable via bribery/betrayal.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.