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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | The comic plays with the TV and film trope of | + | The comic plays with the TV and film trope of [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Retirony Retirony], in which a cop is killed in action only a short time before (often the day before) retirement, usually producing a sense of even greater tragedy in the timing of the death. The humor of this strip arises from the notion that, given so many policemen are killed the day before retirement, retiring cops could be sequestered in a secure facility on the day before their retirement to avoid retirony. Unfortunately this merely results in tragedy when a cop is killed the day before being sequestered. |
− | The title text is a reference to the reactionary nature of security procedures often put in place in the aftermath of an incident, and how they typically fail to address the root cause of the problem. If the logic expressed in | + | The title text is a reference to the reactionary nature of security procedures often put in place in the aftermath of an incident, and how they typically fail to address the root cause of the problem. If the logic expressed in title text was followed repeatedly, eventually the number of days police officers spent in the secure room would encompass their entire career. |
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See also the {{w|Unexpected hanging paradox|paradox of the "unexpected hanging"}}. | See also the {{w|Unexpected hanging paradox|paradox of the "unexpected hanging"}}. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | : | + | :[An old lady, a woman and Cueball are standing in the background by a coffin. A policeman and the policewoman Ponytail are standing in the foreground.] |
:Ponytail: Good cop. It's a real shame— | :Ponytail: Good cop. It's a real shame— | ||
:Ponytail: 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. | :Ponytail: 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. |