<p dir="ltr">A three-panel induction tour in which a new lab member (“Anthony”) is quietly revealed as a Terry Pratchett fan by his hat and habit of mumbling footnotes. Footnotes add absurd backstory.</p>
History
Creation date
2017-07-02
AltText
New lab member wears a Pratchett-style hat and mutters footnotes, prompting a fan-recognition joke.
Transcript
Person 1: So this is the lab, you’ll be working over there
Person 2: Great¹
Person 1: And down this corridor is the coffee machine and offices
Person 2: Okay²
Person 1: By any chance are you a Terry Pratchett fan?
Person 2: Yes, how did you know!?
Person 1: Well the hat and that you keep muttering footnotes under your breath
Person 2: Oh³
¹ Anthony was as overwhelmed as a church mouse suddenly discovering its at a conference for double glazing
² His tour guide didn’t know it but Anthony had been known to use coffee machines in a similar way that a dialysis patient uses dialysis
³ Shit