takeoff
Original: takeoff on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title caption (top banner): IF I WERE A PILOT, I WOULD MAKE UP NEW PHYSICS FOR EVERY FLIGHT.
Panel: A commercial passenger airplane (gray with an orange-red stripe along the fuselage and wings) flies through a blue sky over green hills. A speech bubble emanates from the cockpit area.
Pilot (from the plane): AND NOW, WE JETTISON OUR CENTER OF MASS, MAKING US WEIGHTLESS SO THAT WE CAN FLY.
Votey:
A simply drawn airplane in black-and-white sketch style, with a speech bubble.
Pilot: As we reach cruising altitude, please hold your breathe so that we float.
Panel: A commercial passenger airplane (gray with an orange-red stripe along the fuselage and wings) flies through a blue sky over green hills. A speech bubble emanates from the cockpit area.
Pilot (from the plane): AND NOW, WE JETTISON OUR CENTER OF MASS, MAKING US WEIGHTLESS SO THAT WE CAN FLY.
Votey:
A simply drawn airplane in black-and-white sketch style, with a speech bubble.
Pilot: As we reach cruising altitude, please hold your breathe so that we float.
Alt text
An orange-bannered caption reads: "If I were a pilot, I would make up new physics for every flight." Below, a gray-and-orange commercial jet flies over green hills against a blue sky, with a speech bubble from the cockpit: "And now, we jettison our center of mass, making us weightless so that we can fly." The joke is the pilot announcing absurd, invented physics as if it were routine. The votey (aftercomic) is a loose hand-drawn sketch of an airplane whose pilot says, "As we reach cruising altitude, please hold your breathe so that we float."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.