Costume

Oct 25, 2016 — Comic #71
A partygoer asks a Coastie with a cutter hull around her waist, “Happy Halloween! What are you supposed to be?” She says, “I’m a Coast Guard cutter.” “Did you make that costume yourself?” She looks confused: “Costume?” The last panel shows her and other Coasties floating at sea as actual cutters.

This year on Halloween, thousands of people will dress up in Coast Guard uniforms, nearly all of them against their will.

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Happy Halloween! What are you supposed to be? / I’m a Coast Guard cutter / Oh cool! Did you make that costume yourself? / Costume?

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