Also called Police Breaking Down Door · Cheese Puff Door Lock · Curly Door Lock
Officers prepare to force a door open, while the lower image reveals a cheese puff serving as its lock. Compare a strong temptation or demand with a very weak defense.
The first image makes the situation look serious. The second reveals that almost nothing is holding the door shut.
Use the cheese puff for a fragile plan, excuse, or promise. The approaching force is whatever will test it, such as a sale, an invitation, or another notification.
On May 20, 2018, Reddit user kt000545 posted a photograph of a cheese puff replacing a missing bathroom lock to r/DiWHY. In early June, people began using it to illustrate inadequate solutions and weak resolve. [1]
A June 6, 2018 Reddit edit paired the lock photograph with a separate image of officers at a door. The two-panel template is a visual comparison, not evidence that the officers encountered that particular lock. [1]
A post explains that friends have lost their bathroom lock. [1]
Captions apply the image to inadequate solutions and easily broken promises. [1]
The composite contrasts a forceful entrance with a fragile lock. [1]
Put the approaching pressure over the officers in the upper panel. Label the weak defense in the lower panel, leaving the cheese puff and latch visible.
Choose a familiar mismatch. A big sale facing a vague promise to save money is easy to understand without extra explanation.
Original captions to try with this template.
The promise was never much of a barrier to another purchase.
A weak plan faces a very tempting continuation.
The constant messages meet a defense that is mostly wishful thinking.
References for this template. Example captions are original.
Documents the bathroom-lock post and the later two-image composite.
