Comic #2721: 2012-10-29
Description
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Panel 1: A person with short brown hair is expressing concern, saying, “I just don’t see why we throw bricks at college students’ heads for entertainment.” Another figure stands next to them, possibly a college official or commentator, enthusiastically responds, “It’s a tradition!”
Panel 2: A character with glasses and a suit explains, “This university has been a leader in the sport of headbricking since 1865, and we have had a single dozen fatalities in that entire time!”
Panel 3: The character continues, showing an old photo of a team, saying, “Why, just look at this photo of our team coming behind and beating their skulls in!”
Panel 4: A new character, a woman in blue, interjects about the dangers of headbricking, stating, “There’s a lot of evidence that repeated headbricking causes brain damage.”
Panel 5: The first character argues back, saying, “Look, we can’t just change the whole system every time someone’s mommy says ‘brain damage.’”
Panel 6: An older man, with gray hair and a frowning face, comments, “And for lots of poor kids, getting bashed in the face for the amusement of wealthy alumni is the only path to success.”
Panel 7: The first character adds, “Actually, don’t write that down. I mean to say we really value scholarship and giving a leg up to underprivileged youth.”
Panel 8: The woman replies, “And let’s not forget the endowment money the program brings in.”
Panel 9: The old man states, “The majority of schools lose money on headbricking while giving the National Headbrick League its minor league system for free.”
Panel 10: The woman retorts, “Oh, so you want the nanny state to come and say ‘no more headbricking!’ That’s too funny!”
Panel 11: The first character reflects, “Well, I think we won’t see eye-to-eye here,” then continues, “Yeah, I think we have different priorities.”
Panel 12: The older man clarifies, “No, I mean I have a headbrick-related occipital lesion.”
Panel 13: The first character realizes, “Thaaaats what that is.”
This comic humorously critiques traditions and prioritizes attitudes toward student safety and welfare.