![[0068] Valuable Parental Advice](http://www.sandraandwoo.com/comics/2009-06-15-[0068]-valuable-parental-advice.png "[0068] Valuable Parental Advice")
The current story arc started with this strip: Addicted.
Since this is the last strip of this storyline, here is the comment of the user Otto at Digg (screenshot) which inspired me to do it. (Of course I asked for his permission before that.) As you can see I have added some additional details like Larisa’s pyromaniac streak, but the following key points of the story were indeed based on true happenings:
- Otto’s sister got suspended from the school because she was talking insulin.
- The school authorities completely failed to grasp the concept that insulin is medicine, not a dangerous drug.
- The counselor of the school stood against his own school and threatened to take legal action.
I also feel the need to talk about today’s comic which would have never seen the light of day if Sandra and Woo were a newspaper comic strip. I got the idea for this strip long before the current arc, right after reading the strip Our Public Relation Guy at F@NB0Y$. I’m not a huge fan of F@NBoY$, but I really liked this one and thought about a comic involving drugs which could have been that offensive. It’s my intention that each of the main characters should have one or two negative character traits since it’s dull and unrealistic when your cast only consists of saints. And Sandra’s dad is not the type of person who could resist parodying corny pieces of parental advice if given the chance. So could we please not have lame “Kinda promoting drug use here. Not cool.” comments?
- Richard: Always remember kids, ducks are bad for you.
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I’m a bit confused by the “ducks are bad for you” line.
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well seeing as though a usual line made is “Drugs are bad for you” and you’ve got the parent figure smoking/drinking but wearing the t-shirt with a duck crossed out… well its kinda just self explanatory mate, I mean c’mon the man obviously doesn’t like ducks but seems more than partial to what else life has to offer
anyways, cheers for the late night laugh S&W
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I’m not sure why you felt the needs to replace “drugs” with the more inoffensive “ducks”. As you said yourself, this isn’t a newspaper comic.
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Don’t snort quack.
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I just remember another situation where an even more timely medication has been banned (and I believe still banned) from students to carry is albuterol. If someone has a real asthma attack, the second to get a dose of albuterol could easily make difference between the person living or dying, but if the only albuterol is the school clinic, then it could easily take 5-10 minutes for treatment.
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Everyone thinks they’re such sweet little things
Ducks, Ducks! *Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!*
Soft downy feathers and nice little wings
Ducks, Ducks! *Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!*
But there’s a poison I’d like to administer,
You think they’re cuddly but I think they’re sinister.
Ducks, Ducks! *Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!*
Ducks, Ducks! *Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!*
~ from the song “March of the Sinister Ducks”
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One should indeed say “No” to ducks. Otherwise our great nation will be destroyed by the sinister Daffy Qaddafi.
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Ducks, eh?
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@Unsilenced: Ah, thanks. I’d forgotten that moment in “The Far Side.”
If Mr. North had said, “Don’t do ducks,” that would be a bit more offensive.
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Mwahaha, ducks are evil.
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Hmmm — just say no to ducks, eh? I’m guessing that Dave Kellet (http://www.sheldoncomics.com/) might take issue with that!
Amusingly random.
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And the moral of the story emerges….
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Ducks are indeed evil.
Anyone here been “duckrolled?”
Those bastards…
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http://xkcd.com/537/
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Kinda promoting duck use, here. Not cool.
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Remember kids, don’t do ducks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXPcBI4CJc8
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Dude! Its my gym teacher from high school! ROFL!
This is why we shoot ducks every fall at my neighbors.
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For gods’ sake, DO NOT EVER let their feet touch your head.
I had a brother once, until… He said “it’s just a duck.” I’m sorry, I just can’t talk about it yet. Just make sure it doesn’t happen to you or your loved ones.
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Good Lord! Bad enough he’s drinking and smoking, but does he also have to wear what must be the uuuuuugliest sandals I think I’ve ever seen??? <⁄Fashion Police>
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Sandra’s Dad-”And remember kids,skip school.”
Truer words never spoken.
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wait…her dad’s a graphic designer of some sort; could this possibly be a throwback to “Duck Hunt” for the SNES? Those ducks were pretty crafty!
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My daughters middle school, even if its an aspirin, must be left with the school nurse. And the building is so large that I actually have been in city malls that are smaller. There are more kids in a single grade than was in my entire high school (1000+). If one of the great number of peanut allergic kids were to have an attack, they will die before the epi-pen ever gets to them. Here, its just a matter of time. Until then, anyone who complains is a ‘crackpot’.
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Ducks sometimes invade the neighbor’s swimming pool. Ducks are especially bad if they result in a big bill.
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I want a “Ducks are bad for you” T-shirt!
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@Faustus: “Duck Hunt” was for the NES.
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So on the German version, I guess you didn’t feel like drawing a dog on his shirt? That’s how I translated it(“mastiff” specifically, which I had to look up). Although, “Dogs are bad for you” would work in English as well.
Wasn’t sure which version this comment should be on, but since I doubted I could make a coherent sentence in German, it goes here.
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Quack kills!
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Unsilenced’s comment wins today’s thread.
This whole chapter was funny. School officials’ lack of knowledge has been a real obstacle to me and my brother in the past, even if it wasn’t exactly this issue, I can somewhat relate.
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I saw the dad smoking a pipe last Christmas right?
I smoke a pipe. I don’t smoke cigarettes.
I made my own “You don’t need no dog” shirts.
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please, please, please make a t-shirt like the dad’s!
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just to get down from the duck, and mention something serious for a moment: i am all for an anti-drug policy, but ours is way too antiquated and corrupted by commercial interests. there is actual medical resarch out there that shows marijuana as a cure for cancer, and i have honestly seen sites trying to relay this fact removed within minutes of the poster putting them up.
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Albuterol isnt banned where Im from (Indiana). I carry it with me during springtime gym classes, since my asthma is triggered by allergies (particularly dust and pollen). Ive asked the teachers and the nurse, who all told me it’s fine to use.
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Ducks are bad, they steal your bread!
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Tom Flapwell wrote:
Did you get that one packed with the original SMB?