Mini comicIf Rassie Did…Episode 1

If Rassie Did the Grocery Shopping

A Saturday supermarket run, planned like a Test match. Seven trolleys. One loaf of bread.

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  1. In a kitchen, Rassie points at a whiteboard covered in crosses, circles and dashed arrows. A coffee mug sits on the counter.Enlarge panel 1
    Panel 1.

    Saturday, 07:00. Kitchen. Test-week intensity.

    • Rassie: Milk. Bread. Boerewors. We go through the phases.
  2. A wide supermarket aisle. Loaded trolleys are lined up around Rassie as he consults a clipboard in the middle.Enlarge panel 2
    Panel 2.

    Aisle 4.

    • Rassie: Trolleys one to five, hold the line at the specials. Six and seven — you are my bench.
  3. Near the tills a long row of trolleys is lined up beside Rassie, who stands with his hands on his hips while a cashier looks on.Enlarge panel 3
    Panel 3.
    • Cashier: Sir, that is seven trolleys for one loaf of bread.
    • Rassie: The bread is the plan. The trolleys are the depth.

Read the transcript
  1. Panel 1

    In a kitchen, Rassie points at a whiteboard covered in crosses, circles and dashed arrows. A coffee mug sits on the counter.

    Caption: Saturday, 07:00. Kitchen. Test-week intensity.

    Rassie: Milk. Bread. Boerewors. We go through the phases.

  2. Panel 2

    A wide supermarket aisle. Loaded trolleys are lined up around Rassie as he consults a clipboard in the middle.

    Caption: Aisle 4.

    Rassie: Trolleys one to five, hold the line at the specials. Six and seven — you are my bench.

  3. Panel 3

    Near the tills a long row of trolleys is lined up beside Rassie, who stands with his hands on his hips while a cashier looks on.

    Cashier: Sir, that is seven trolleys for one loaf of bread.

    Rassie: The bread is the plan. The trolleys are the depth.

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