No way out

England: Remember when you robbed me with your viking friends?
Denmark: Oh shit!
England: "grabs bat"

It was at this moment, Denmark knew, he, fucked up.

It's okay cuz I'll just karate kick my way out! *ends up breaking foot*

Yeah. Nobody gets out of England

@Sepespian </3 D'B

I love England's face

Englands face in the last panel XD

It keeps your children from getting out and getting kidnapped.

"You're MY wife now."

One-directional keyed locks (is that the best way to phrase it?) are the norm here in Canada too... in most places, I would think. It makes enormously more sense, and is a safety feature. What happens if the building is on fire and people need to evacuate?

@Hinoron then they die.

@Benbot16
Apparently in England, if you don't know who has the key or where it is, then yes.
Everywhere else, we can just open the door and escape.

@Hinoron @Benbot16 or break a window, of course... around here they always tell us we should do that anyway, to let the smoke out. they also say to be careful with doorknobs because they might already be too hot to touch anyway... tho thats probably different for front doors.
but still, yea, it just seems like a major inconvenience all-around, even at the safest of times XD

@kier
I think you misremembered that advice.
If the doorknob is hot, that means the other side of the door is on fire, and if you open the door, feeding it fresh oxygen, the flames are going to suddenly rush into the room you're standing in.
You ARE supposed to touch doorknobs as a test, as in, before turning them and opening the door. You might getting a slight burn to your hand, but that's easily worth not incinerating yourself and anyone else in the (currently) safe room you're in.

@Hinoron oh no i meant hot from the flames in the same room as you; if the inside is on fire, the FRONT door shouldnt have fire on the outside, unless its just a huge shitstorm all around xpp

it seems technology wouldve come far enough by now to provide heat-resistant door knob material... but so far all i have found is a knob cover thats 'heat resistant,' but it looks totally flammable. hum. =o

@kier

1. Uh... well... If the room you're IN is on fire, AND the front door doorknob out is too hot to be touched, I think it's reasonable to assume that's because the area around said front door is currently on fire, and you should probably look for another exit rather than walk through it.
Seems like that much would be obvious before you get to touch the knob in the first place though. O_o

2. Well... as I explained, being able to test if a doorknob is hot or not is an important safety issue during a building fire. Heat-resistant knobs could both get people killed and spread the fire faster.

@Hinoron lmao yea, good points.... ive never really thought about it in detail. it just sorta seemed if the furniture and everything were burning, itd basicly turn the room into a furnace, hot enough to heat the doorknob from afar-ish.

I'd definitely need a door like that. Can't forget the key, if you can't get out of the house without it.