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Original: buy on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (present day):
Noah (an old bearded man holding a phone to his ear): HEY! HI! LISTEN! I NEED TO BUY UP AS MANY FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES AS I CAN, AND I NEED IT NOW! RIGHT NOW!
Voice on phone: ...NO.
Noah: ...HOW COULD I POSSIBLY HAVE INSIDER INFORMATION ON THE WEATHER?
Panel 2 (caption: EARLIER...):
A radiant sun-like face with beams shining down speaks to the bearded man (Noah) standing in a barren landscape with mountains.
The sun/God: NOAH! BUILD AN ARK!
Votey:
A large ship sails across rough, rain-streaked seas. A figure stands at the railing, and a thought/speech cloud above the scene reads:
Boy I hope this doesn't affect the finance industry.
Noah (an old bearded man holding a phone to his ear): HEY! HI! LISTEN! I NEED TO BUY UP AS MANY FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES AS I CAN, AND I NEED IT NOW! RIGHT NOW!
Voice on phone: ...NO.
Noah: ...HOW COULD I POSSIBLY HAVE INSIDER INFORMATION ON THE WEATHER?
Panel 2 (caption: EARLIER...):
A radiant sun-like face with beams shining down speaks to the bearded man (Noah) standing in a barren landscape with mountains.
The sun/God: NOAH! BUILD AN ARK!
Votey:
A large ship sails across rough, rain-streaked seas. A figure stands at the railing, and a thought/speech cloud above the scene reads:
Boy I hope this doesn't affect the finance industry.
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1, present day: a close-up of Noah, an old bald bearded man, holding a phone to his ear and shouting urgently, 'HEY! HI! LISTEN! I NEED TO BUY UP AS MANY FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES AS I CAN, AND I NEED IT NOW! RIGHT NOW!' The person on the phone replies, '...NO.' Noah responds innocently, '...HOW COULD I POSSIBLY HAVE INSIDER INFORMATION ON THE WEATHER?' Panel 2, labeled 'EARLIER...': a glowing radiant sun-like face (God) beams down on Noah, who stands in a barren mountainous landscape, and commands, 'NOAH! BUILD AN ARK!' The joke: Noah is trying to profit from advance divine knowledge of the coming flood. Votey (aftercomic): a large ship sails through stormy, rain-streaked seas; a figure stands on deck, and a caption reads, 'Boy I hope this doesn't affect the finance industry.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.