Caution: Big words ahead

You have to feel sorry for the police officer in today's strip. His last name is Bunion. Nobody should have to deal with that.

And apparently Mr. Scaduto didn't do too well in English, either. As an editor, seeing "thru" makes my skin crawl. Anyway, I can't imagine that Office Bunion failed English every year, as I'm pretty sure that's something you need to graduate from high school. And a high school diploma is, I believe, necessary to become a police officer.

Even if he didn't have the largest of vocabularies, he gets a pass. When you start a job, you pick up a lot of the jargon. And really, what are the big, confusing words he uses? Disarmed, machete, alleged, emerged, apprehended, incarcerated, disorderly, consort, promptly. Of those, I'll say that consort is probably a bit much. But the others? Not really that advanced.

This is another case where I wonder whether the parents watching the news knew Bo Bunion already. Did they go to high school with him? Or does the caption to the panel not actually apply to them?

I'd also like to point out that, from the way it's drawn, it looks like the cup of coffee the man is drinking is saying "Huh?" Which is pretty awesome. I'm gonig to assume that the coffee is confused by the people's reaction to a press conference.