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− | [[Cueball]] has set his browser to auto-replace the word | + | {{incomplete|Need context on headlines. Links to similar comics. Categories}} |
+ | [[Cueball]] has set his browser to auto-replace the word 'Force' with the word 'Horse'. Some of the humorous resulting news headlines are shown. | ||
− | * | + | *Ukranian town threatened by pro-Russian horses - At the time this comic was published, there is civil unrest in the Ukraine, mostly framed as pro-European vs pro-Russian. |
− | + | *Governor appoints task horse - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_force task force] is a unit or formation established to work on a single defined task or activity for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO NATO], which makes it quite comical to picture a horse instead of a unit. | |
− | + | *Iraqi air horse growing - The Air ''Force'' of Iraq may indeed be being up-armed, especially in light of the threat, at this time, of ISIS/ISOL/Islamic State forces across swathes of both Iraq and Syria. | |
− | + | *Quarks, which are bound together by the strong nuclear horse - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark Quarks] are elementary particles. They form bound states like e.g. the proton mediated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_interaction strong force], similarly as atoms are bound states of electrons and the nucleus hold together by the electric force. | |
− | *Governor appoints task horse | + | *Officer suspended from horse (title text) - Being suspended from a police force (i.e. usually being forced upon mandatory leave pending resolution of the issue at hand; paid, part-paid or unpaid) is a common practice where culpable wrongdoing of sufficiently serious nature is suspected by the individual concernd. |
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− | *Quarks, which are bound together by the strong nuclear | ||
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− | *Officer suspended from horse (title text) | ||
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− | This is probably a parody of the [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cloud-to-butt-plus/apmlngnhgbnjpajelfkmabhkfapgnoai?hl=en | + | This is probably a parody of the Cloud to Butt Chrome Extension [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cloud-to-butt-plus/apmlngnhgbnjpajelfkmabhkfapgnoai?hl=en] (since it says ''new'' favorite browser text replacement). |
− | + | This comic plays on the same premise (and perhaps is a sequel to one or more of) previous strips: [[1004: Batman]], [[1031: s/keyboard/leopard/]] and [[1288: Substitutions]]. | |
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