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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | Sometimes in order to avoid accidentally moving/setting off something of importance, an important item like a {{w|Manual fire alarm activation|fire alarm}} will be covered behind a wall of glass. [https://img1.etsystatic.com/061/1/10935090/il_570xN.750954961_qucc.jpg In case of emergency, break the glass] and press the alarm. | |
− | Sometimes in order to | ||
− | However the depicted situation is funny, because the thing behind the breakable glass is a glass repair kit. This is ironic, considering that the only way to reach it is by breaking the glass. One might even use it to fix the glass broken to get it.. | + | However the depicted situation is funny, because the thing behind the breakable glass is a glass repair kit. This is ironic, considering that the only way to reach it is by breaking the glass. One might even use it to fix the glass broken to get it... |
− | In the title text [[Randall]] notes that he keeps his {{w|first aid kit}} in just such a type of emergency locker as shown in the comic. He complains that it is expensive to have them installed in the wall. But then the title text takes a gruesome turn when he continues by saying that at least for those lockers with first aid in them there is no need to pay extra for using {{w|safety glass}} for the cover. Safety glass doesn't break into | + | In the title text [[Randall]] notes that he keeps his {{w|first aid kit}} in just such a type of emergency locker as shown in the comic. He complains that it is expensive to have them installed in the wall. But then the title text thus takes a gruesome turn when he continues by saying that at least for those lockers with first aid in them there is no need to pay extra for using {{w|safety glass}} for the cover. Safety glass doesn't break up into shrapnel, so this would be used for the cover of fire alarms, so the user will not cut them selves when breaking the glass to activate the alarm. But Randall indirectly says that since the person breaking the glass, will soon have access to a first aid kid, then if wounded in the process of breaking the normal window glass, they can as well be treated on the spot. |
First aid kits and for instance {{w|defibrillators}} can be found at frequent places such as bus stations and shopping malls, but never behind a glass that needs to be broken. | First aid kits and for instance {{w|defibrillators}} can be found at frequent places such as bus stations and shopping malls, but never behind a glass that needs to be broken. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[On a box behind a panel of glass, with a hammer hung below, is written:] | + | :[On a box behind a panel of glass, with a hammer hung below the panel, is written:] |
:Glass repair kit | :Glass repair kit | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |