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| title = Killed in Action | | title = Killed in Action | ||
| image = killed in action.png | | image = killed in action.png | ||
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| titletext = We can't let this happen again. We need to build a secure TWO-day-before-retirement safe room. | | titletext = We can't let this happen again. We need to build a secure TWO-day-before-retirement safe room. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | The | + | The humor in this comic arises from the fact that such a room exists for such a rare occasion as a cop retiring. |
− | The title text is a reference to the reactionary nature of security procedures | + | The title text is a reference to the reactionary nature of security procedures put in place in the aftermath of an incident, and how they are typically fail to address the cause of the problem. |
− | + | The comic also illustrates some variation of the Murphy's law - if a desired situation has lasted for a long time and there is only one chance left for it to go wrong, it will go wrong. Police officers, having had put their lives at risk every day for years, apparently used to die on the last day of their service. Therefore, a secure room has been built for them to survive this day. But this solution only shifted the last day before being safe for the earlier day, and therefore the policeman whose funeral we see, died a day before being locked. | |
− | + | If the advice from the title text is followed, the number of days police officers spend in the secure room will eventually encompass their whole service. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | : | + | :[Old lady, woman and Cueball are standing in the background by a coffin. Two police are standing in the forground] |
− | : | + | :Policewoman: Good Cop. |
− | : | + | :Policewoman: It's a real shame- |
+ | :Policewoman: He was just one day away from getting put in the locked, heavily guarded room where all cops stay for the last day before they retire. | ||
− | {{comic discussion}} | + | {{comic discussion}} |
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category: Comic featuring Cueball]] |
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