Comic #3981: the-other-side-of-the-chessboard

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Panel 1:
"I HAVE TRAINED YOU IN MATHEMATICS, SON. NOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO COLLEGE, I PRESENT YOU WITH TWO OPTIONS:"

Panel 2:
"OPTION ONE: I PAY FOR YOUR ENTIRE COLLEGE EDUCATION."

Panel 3:
"OPTION TWO: I TAKE THIS CHESSBOARD, AND GIVE YOU ONE PENNY ON THE FIRST SQUARE, TWO PENNIES ON THE SECOND SQUARE, AND SO ON."

Panel 4:
"OPTION TWO! OPTION TWO!"

Panel 5:
"THEN HE GAVE ME $1.27."

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