Comic #2294: 2011-08-25

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Panel 1: Child: "Daddy, is there a puppy heaven?" Adult: "There are two ways to go with this."

Panel 2: Adult: "I can tell you there's no puppy heaven, and you can be sad about that." Adult (continued): "Or I can say, 'Of course there's a puppy heaven.'"

Panel 3: Adult: "But then you'll ask if there's a mouse heaven, and there's no clear line of demarcation, then…"

Panel 4: Adult: "It's bird heaven, then lizard heaven and goldfish heaven."

Panel 5: Adult: "Then it's worm heaven and slime heaven and amoeba heaven, because why not? They're alive too!"

Panel 6: Adult: "At that point, we might as well say viruses go to heaven and dying cells in your body are going to heaven. Really, any self-replicating machine goes to heaven."

Panel 7: Adult: "So now transposons go to heaven, so I guess gene sequences go to heaven!"

Panel 8: Adult: "Now ideas are going to heaven? Is there a meme heaven for ideas that die?"

Panel 9: Adult: "And then you say to yourself, 'Of course there's no idea heaven!' and that's the crack in the dam before the flood."

Panel 10: Adult: "Transposons don't go to heaven, so maybe cellular life doesn't, and junk doesn't, and then…"

Panel 11: Adult: "Now there's not just a missing puppy heaven, there's no heaven at all! And now I'm telling my daughter that death is oblivion!"

Panel 12: Adult: "So, in answer to your question, I…"

Panel 13: Adult: "Sally?"

Panel 14: Child: "Mommy, is there a puppy heaven?" Adult: "Yes, but only for Mister Scruffles."

Panel 15: Child: "Awww."

This transcription captures the dialogue within each panel accurately.