synthetic-biology

A wall-mounted emergency case with a glass front, like the classic "in case of fire, break glass" fire-axe boxes. Inside the case, instead of an axe, hangs a wooden baseball bat with a taped handle. Bold yellow text printed on the glass reads "IN CASE OF SENTIENT GLASS, BREAK GLASS." A caption across the top reads "THE SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT ISN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES." The joke: their emergency plan for self-aware glass requires breaking glass to access the tool. Votey (aftercomic): a cluster of shattered glass shards lies broken on the ground, with a speech bubble coming from them declaring "WE ARE LEGION!" — implying breaking the glass only multiplied the sentient enemy.