lean
Original: lean on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man with dark hair (skeptical, off-screen-ish): WHY DO YOU LEAN TO ONE SIDE WHEN BOWLING? IT CAN'T AFFECT THE OUTCOME.
Man with light/blond hair: READ YOUR BIBLE. EXODUS 17:10-11.
Caption below (quoting the cited verse):
"So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed."
Votey:
A figure (Moses) stands with both arms raised over his head, beard flowing.
Figure: I AM JUST NAILING THIS GENOCIDE.
Man with dark hair (skeptical, off-screen-ish): WHY DO YOU LEAN TO ONE SIDE WHEN BOWLING? IT CAN'T AFFECT THE OUTCOME.
Man with light/blond hair: READ YOUR BIBLE. EXODUS 17:10-11.
Caption below (quoting the cited verse):
"So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed."
Votey:
A figure (Moses) stands with both arms raised over his head, beard flowing.
Figure: I AM JUST NAILING THIS GENOCIDE.
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic plus a votey. In the main panel, a dark-haired man asks a blond man, "Why do you lean to one side when bowling? It can't affect the outcome." The blond man replies, "Read your Bible. Exodus 17:10-11." Below the panel is a caption quoting that verse: "So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed." The joke compares a bowler's superstitious body-leaning (English) to the Biblical idea that Moses raising his arms magically determined the outcome of a battle. The votey shows a black-and-white line drawing of a bearded figure (Moses) standing with both arms thrust up over his head, saying, "I am just nailing this genocide."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.