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Weird turn of event. Going from a comic about how disgusting your bathroom is, to how stupid the two characters are concerning insurance. Maybe this is just to show what happens to your brain once you realize how much dirt etc. are on your bathroom surfaces. And also to warn you not to look into it with a UV light/black light. I think Randall did this and regretted it - although it did give him "easy" inspiration for this comic :-) --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 15:16, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
 
Weird turn of event. Going from a comic about how disgusting your bathroom is, to how stupid the two characters are concerning insurance. Maybe this is just to show what happens to your brain once you realize how much dirt etc. are on your bathroom surfaces. And also to warn you not to look into it with a UV light/black light. I think Randall did this and regretted it - although it did give him "easy" inspiration for this comic :-) --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 15:16, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
 
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Is it just me, or this strip is kinda similiar to #860? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.89|108.162.254.89]] 19:42, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
Is it just me, or this strip is kinda similiar to #[[860]]? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.89|108.162.254.89]] 19:42, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
 
-It is, at least the first bit.
 
 
 
IMHO, this would have been better without the second half. It's reminding me a bit of 78. Here's hoping Randall throws off his Dadaist mood... [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.156|108.162.238.156]] 01:50, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
 
 
 
I was expecting this would be a reference to some movie. Isn't there any movie quote on the lines of "we <action> and <action> and never stop!"? [[Special:Contributions/188.114.98.220|188.114.98.220]] 13:28, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
 
 
 
I think the two halves are tied together by a failure to think through the consequences, first not thinking through the UV light, and second not thinking through the claiming the insurance far enough to even have insurance.  So the second half is a kind of commentary on how bad an idea the UV light was, and the title text is a commentary on how bad an idea the second half is.
 
--[[User:DanR|DanR]] ([[User talk:DanR|talk]]) 15:55, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
 
 
 
Just to mention, this was actually covered in a mythbusters episode ~ http://mythbustersresults.com/hidden-nasties  --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.187|108.162.238.187]] 15:34, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
 
 
 
I thought the title text was a reference to credit default swaps.  See especially paragraph 5: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subprime_mortgage_crisis#Credit_default_swaps [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.193|108.162.238.193]] 20:41, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
 
:Indeed. This also seems related: http://web.archive.org/web/20140701064837/http://abstrusegoose.com/460 (using an archived copy because abstrusegoose.com seems to be down as of this comment). [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.116|199.27.128.116]] 06:44, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 
 
 
I've brought a UV light into my bathroom and it really wasn't that bad. Kinda gross behind the toilet, but what did you expect? The worst thing I've found is looking at my bare feet under UV light. [[User:HisHighestMinion|HisHighestMinion]] ([[User talk:HisHighestMinion|talk]]) 11:53, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
 
:Haha, thats also what we learned at the hygiene drill at work. A video showed a kitchen. “Everything fine!” Then employees entered the kitchen. “Here the problems come. Uh-oh!” Just remove the people from the bathroom. ;) --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.151.31|172.69.151.31]] 15:26, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 

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