how-to-spot-a-physicist
Original: how-to-spot-a-physicist on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: Two people stand together; a third person (a man) speaks to them.
Man: "We need a way to detect when physicists enter the museum."
Panel 2: A close-up of the man, now holding up a piece of paper and looking thoughtful.
Man: "Pfft. That's easy. Just put this sign up then find the one person in a thousand who starts giggling."
Panel 3: An exterior shot of the museum building. In the foreground stands a sign on a post.
Sign: "Today: Interactive Dark Matter Exhibit!"
Votey:
Handwritten in elegant cursive script: "Shame on anyone who enjoyed today's comic."
Man: "We need a way to detect when physicists enter the museum."
Panel 2: A close-up of the man, now holding up a piece of paper and looking thoughtful.
Man: "Pfft. That's easy. Just put this sign up then find the one person in a thousand who starts giggling."
Panel 3: An exterior shot of the museum building. In the foreground stands a sign on a post.
Sign: "Today: Interactive Dark Matter Exhibit!"
Votey:
Handwritten in elegant cursive script: "Shame on anyone who enjoyed today's comic."
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A man tells two companions, "We need a way to detect when physicists enter the museum." Panel 2: A close-up of the man holding up a sheet of paper, saying, "Pfft. That's easy. Just put this sign up then find the one person in a thousand who starts giggling." Panel 3: An exterior view of the museum, with a sign in the foreground reading "Today: Interactive Dark Matter Exhibit!" The joke: dark matter is famously non-interactive, so the idea of an "interactive dark matter exhibit" is a physics in-joke only a physicist would catch and laugh at. Votey (aftercomic): In fancy handwritten cursive, the text reads "Shame on anyone who enjoyed today's comic."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.