temp
Original: temp on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A news anchor in a suit sits at a desk beside a screen showing a barren, snowy landscape.
News anchor: AND, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE ENTIRE PLANET IS NEGATIVE FORTY DEGREES EVERYWHERE. ALL AGRICULTURE, INDEED ALL ECOLOGY, WILL SOON BE GONE. DEATH IS IMMINENT. GOODBYE.
Panel 2:
Caption: EARLIER...
A woman stands in front of a small idol or shrine (a monkey's paw rests on a pedestal).
Woman: MONKEY'S PAW, I WISH FAHRENHEIT AND CELSIUS USERS COULD JUST AGREE ABOUT TEMPERATURE.
Votey:
A close-up of a smug, smiling face.
Face: BUT FIRST, SPORTS!
A news anchor in a suit sits at a desk beside a screen showing a barren, snowy landscape.
News anchor: AND, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE ENTIRE PLANET IS NEGATIVE FORTY DEGREES EVERYWHERE. ALL AGRICULTURE, INDEED ALL ECOLOGY, WILL SOON BE GONE. DEATH IS IMMINENT. GOODBYE.
Panel 2:
Caption: EARLIER...
A woman stands in front of a small idol or shrine (a monkey's paw rests on a pedestal).
Woman: MONKEY'S PAW, I WISH FAHRENHEIT AND CELSIUS USERS COULD JUST AGREE ABOUT TEMPERATURE.
Votey:
A close-up of a smug, smiling face.
Face: BUT FIRST, SPORTS!
Alt text
A two-panel comic. Panel 1: A TV news anchor in a suit sits at a desk next to a screen showing a frozen, barren snowscape. He calmly says, 'And, for unknown reasons, the entire planet is negative forty degrees everywhere. All agriculture, indeed all ecology, will soon be gone. Death is imminent. Goodbye.' Panel 2, labeled 'Earlier...': A woman stands before a small shrine holding a monkey's paw and wishes, 'Monkey's paw, I wish Fahrenheit and Celsius users could just agree about temperature.' The joke: negative forty degrees is the one temperature where the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales read the same value, so the monkey's paw granted the wish by making the whole planet exactly -40. Votey aftercomic: a close-up of a smug, smiling face saying, 'But first, sports!'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.