forecast

A weather-forecast parody set in Biblical times. In the main panel, a bearded man in a robe stands in front of a stylized weather map (covered in arrows and little frog symbols) like a TV weatherman, saying: "...and going into the weekend we have a high buggery zone here in downtown Babylon, so expect warm humid air when the rivers start running with blood. Get your thick umbrellas ladies because the frogs will be coming down by this afternoon, but we can expect a cool breezy evening when the sky grows black as pitch and the sun shall not look upon the Earth." A small offscreen bubble cuts in: "And now sports!" The bottom caption reads: "Weather forecasting was much easier in the Biblical Era." The joke recasts the plagues of Egypt and apocalyptic signs as a cheerful local weather report. Votey (aftercomic): the same smiling presenter announces, "Thanks to torrential rain caused by sodomy, our drought map is much improved!"