Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for November 26, 2010
November 19, 2010
December 03, 2010
Transcript:
Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling A SECURITY ISSUE AT THE OFFICE Man: As you know, somebody stole peanut butter from my jar in the break room's fridge. Man: I've installed this lock on the fridge door... But I also know the culprit used this knife to spread it! Man: Therefore, I have installed a metal detector at the door, and no type of knife will be allowed in. One week later - Man: Okay, people. Somebody kicked the lock off the door and took the whole jar of peanut butter. Man: Therefore, you must now remove your shoes before entering the break room. One week later - Man: All right. Somebody apparently left this room with my jar of mixed berry jelly stuffed in his pocket! Man: Therefore, I have installed... Man #2: Uh, Boss? Can I ask a question? Man: Isn't there a better approach to stopping these thefts than simply reacting very specifically to the LAST incident? Transportation Security Administration Man: Wilkens, that's the way we DO things here at TSA, and you know it! Man: So! Everyone entering or leaving the break room will now expose their groin area to this radioactive pat-down device. PELVIC RADIO-GROPER Man #2: Seems reasonable.
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LHPuttgrass about 14 years ago
You don’t need to refridgerize peanut butter.
BrianCrook about 14 years ago
You do if it’s natural peanut butter, Puttgrass.
It appears that many might pay to use the radio-groper.
ButchInWaukegan about 14 years ago
TSA, keeping us safe, one absurdity after another.
http://www.manicure-1.com/Nail-Clipper.JPG
orfreebird about 14 years ago
You could market that pelvic radio-groper if you could get it to work with instant messaging.
annamargaret1866 about 14 years ago
orfreebird, comments like yours are why I read the comments!
Tommy1733 about 14 years ago
What is the man in the last panel hiding behind his back? Peanut butter? Mixed-berry jelly?
Wildcard24365 about 14 years ago
Nice… tip of the hat for spotting the “Caine Mutiny” parallels in the whole TSA debacle…
DJGravityX almost 14 years ago
Shouldn’t they have employed the peanut/jelly sniffing dogs first? Oh wait, I forgot… TSA. Sorry, I was thinking straight.
drtom01 almost 14 years ago
Since people complain about the security just drop it. When an airplane gets blown out of the sky people will not think the security is so bad.
rhulshof Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Brilliantly done. Thanks for helping inspire my post today on The Solipsistic Me: http://hulshofschmidt.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/peekin-gropin-that-wont-keep-us-safe-from-their-harms/
SmokyStover almost 14 years ago
Unfortunately, there is no other way to make things secure. How do you think antivirus software gets developed? One virus at a time.
DarkHorseSki almost 14 years ago
That’s not right Smoky, not only is it not right when it comes to antivirus software, but it is also not right about security in general.
Well done on this comic.
ponytail56 almost 14 years ago
lets grope little children because men between the ages of 20 and 35 are the age group of terrorists. oh yeah grope grandma too.
Donaldo Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Since every single airplane terrorist is an extremist muslim, let’s only groin-grope muslims
drtom01 almost 14 years ago
And you expect the extremist Muslim to identify themselves and not be like Richard Reed the shoe bomber, a white male. Also the PAN-AM flight over Scotland was destroyed when a white female carried a bomb on-board that she did not know was in her luggage.
The bottom line is drop the security and when a plane is blown out of the sky just say to yourself at least they didn’t need to go through the hassle of security.
jpozenel almost 14 years ago
I for one, feel so much safer now!
P.S. I haven’t flown in years.
tobybartels almost 14 years ago
viri. (gotta love micro$haft spell checker - doesn’t recognize Latin plurals)
To be fair, ‘viri’ is not actually the plural of ‘virus’, even in Latin. (It is the plural of ‘vir’ in Latin and so means ‘men’.) In classical Latin, ‘virus’ is a mass noun and has no plural; the only accepted plural in English is ‘viruses’.
At least you didn’t say ‘virii’!