ginkgo
Original: ginkgo on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Two small figures sit together at the base of a large yellow-leafed tree on a grassy hill.
First figure: "It's so lovely sitting here under the gingko tree."
Second figure: "Did you know gingko biloba trees have motile sperm? They're wriggling around up there right now!"
Caption below the panel: "People think they're attracted to intelligence, but there are limits."
Votey:
A dark, blobby, abstract shape (suggesting clustered wriggling sperm-like forms) fills the panel.
Narration: "If you would but listen to the trees, you might hear their sperm..."
First figure: "It's so lovely sitting here under the gingko tree."
Second figure: "Did you know gingko biloba trees have motile sperm? They're wriggling around up there right now!"
Caption below the panel: "People think they're attracted to intelligence, but there are limits."
Votey:
A dark, blobby, abstract shape (suggesting clustered wriggling sperm-like forms) fills the panel.
Narration: "If you would but listen to the trees, you might hear their sperm..."
Alt text
A single wide panel shows two tiny silhouetted figures sitting together at the base of a big tree with bright yellow autumn leaves, on a green hill under a blue sky. One says, "It's so lovely sitting here under the gingko tree." The other replies, "Did you know gingko biloba trees have motile sperm? They're wriggling around up there right now!" A caption beneath reads: "People think they're attracted to intelligence, but there are limits." The joke: the romantic moment is ruined by an unromantic biology fact. Votey (bonus panel): a black-and-white panel filled with a messy, blobby abstract cluster of wriggling shapes, with narration: "If you would but listen to the trees, you might hear their sperm..."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.