#3149: Measure Twice, Cut Once
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Caption at the top of the panel: "'Measure twice, cut once' -carpentry proverb" with boxes around "twice" and "once".
Below that, a scatter plot with X and Y axes labeled "number of cuts" and "number of measurements", respectively. At different places on the scatter plot lie six labels:
Surveyor: very high number of measurements, no cuts
Surgeon: high number of measurements, low number of cuts
Good carpenter: middling number of measurements, same number of cuts as surgeon
Careless carpenter: fewer measurements than good carpenter, same number of cuts as surgeon
Really bad carpenter: slightly fewer measurements than other carpenters, fairly high number of cuts
Serial killer: no measurements, very high number of cuts
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:"Measure zero times, cut zero times." --carpenter who has achieved enlightenment and realized the wood is fine where it is