Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for October 12, 2020
Transcript:
Willingness to opine on a topic Mount Stupid Knowledge of that topic Phrases uttered atop Mount Stupid: Historically, the Amazons would cut off their right breast so they could shoot a bow and arrow. The American Civil War really had nothing to do with slavery. Biologically, tomato is a fruit, not a vegetable. 99% of phrases that start with Now, I don't know much about quantum physics, BUT-
Cozmik Cowboy about 4 years ago
Excellent! Except for #3, which is true (knowledge is being aware a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting a tomato in a fruit salad).
Kaputnik about 4 years ago
I’d be interested to hear one of the non-stupid phrases (or sentences) that begin with “Now, I don’t know much about quantum physics, BUT…”
rmercer Premium Member about 4 years ago
All my favorite vegetables are fruits, and I actually do know a fair amount about quantum physics. Not sure where that puts me on Mount Stupid…
julie.mason1 Premium Member about 4 years ago
And all that I know about the Theory of Relativity is that time drags on slower when the relatives are in my house.
djlactin about 4 years ago
When I was in China I was astonished to learn that tomatoes were regarded as fruit, and served as such. Sliced tomatoes with sugar for desert. Cherry tomatoes, grapes and kiwi slices on top of the birthday “cake”. The champion: the McDonald’s had a photograph of an ice-cream cone with red sauce, so I bought one. It was Ketchup!
tims145 about 4 years ago
Good strip Zach, but it seems a bit — lazy. And Randall from xkcd may come over and sue you for some kind of trademark infringement.
Radish... about 4 years ago
Trump has been on Mt Stupid his entire life.
braindead Premium Member about 4 years ago
Zach, did you copy that graph from a Covid report?
Oh well, only 219,000 dead. “It it what it is”.
Daeder about 4 years ago
Every Republican politician’s favorite sentence starter: “Well, I’m not a scientist, but…”
Fuzzy Kombu about 4 years ago
Replace the label on the X-axis with “Age of Speaker”, with the Mt. Stupid at around 20 years.