April 6, 2012
#1039: RuBisCO explain
[Person in background (out-of-frame) screams out this word over all 3 panels.]
[Cueball is working on a laptop at a desk. Megan is reading a book in an armchair.]
Person 1: RIBULOSEBISPH..
[In a frameless panel, Cueball has stopped working. Megan has stopped reading, and is holding her book.]
Person 1: …OSPHATECARBOXYL…
[Cueball continues working. Megan resumes reading her book.]
Person 1: …ASEOXYGENASE!
Person 2: Oh, Sorry!
Megan: Man, chemists pick the worst safewords.