The primacy of this immortality system to the officer's overall sense of self can be glimpsed in the fact that retired officers typically acquire a dupe or fugazy—a full-sized replica of the shield they surrendered. Often partners or workmates will present these dupes at a retirement party, symbolizing the recipient's continued connection to policing and the police identity.

Where the thump have you been?!

Mother Holle led her, too, to the great door; but while she was standing beneath it, instead of the gold a big kettleful of pitch was emptied over her.

[…] that's the way the roundworm feels when a big gobbety mess of half-digested steak or moo goo gai pan comes sloshing down to him.