#3169: EPIRBs
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[Megan and Cueball are on a walkway between the edge of a ship and the edge of a dock. Only part of the ship can be seen to the left and on the right a single wooden pole can be seen supporting the dock. Megan is near the ship and Cueball near the dock, and there is a rolling cart between them. A large box is tumbling through the air beneath the walkway, with motion lines indicating that it has fallen off the cart. The side of the box shows an image of an EPIRB. The front of the box (facing the reader) has text on it:]
EPIRB
Water-activated distress beacons
1600 CT
[Caption below the panel:]
"Hello, Coast Guard? We'd like to apologize once again for the 1,600 simultaneous false alarms this morning..."
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:'Oh no, the box is drifting out into the harbor!' 'Yeah, I wouldn't worry about losing it.'