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rock

Original: rock on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
A caveman with a gray beard holds a rock. A woman with long brown hair faces him.

Caveman: "THIS IS ROCK. IS CALLED 'ROCK' BECAUSE LAST WEEK, PAG CALLED IT 'ROCK.'"
Woman: "IS SO INTERESTING!"

Caption (below panel): In the early days, etymology was much easier.

Votey:
A rough hand-drawn sketch. One caveman gestures while speaking; another caveman holds a rock.

First caveman: "Why called rock?"
Second caveman: "Look like rock."

Alt text

A caveman with a gray beard and a missing eye holds a small gray rock, facing a woman with long brown hair. He says, "This is rock. Is called 'rock' because last week, Pag called it 'rock.'" She replies, "Is SO interesting!" Caption below: "In the early days, etymology was much easier." Votey (rough sketch aftercomic): one caveman asks "Why called rock?" and another, holding a rock, answers "Look like rock." The joke: word origins in prehistoric times were arbitrary and circular.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.