![[0086] High Risk Of Infection](http://www.sandraandwoo.com/comics/2009-08-17-[0086]-high-risk-of-infection.png "[0086] High Risk Of Infection")
If you are not familiar with the term: “Cooties” is a (fictional) dangerous disease affecting prepubescent children. It is transmitted by any kind of body contact with other children of the opposite sex.
- Richard: Good grief, it looks like you’re beginning to rot. Pull yourself together!
- Sandra: Blorg
- Richard: It’s Cloud! He’s asking if he can come over.
- Richard: I’m sorry, but I have to decline your request. I’m afraid you might infect Sandra with cooties.
- Cloud: ???
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I caught that once, it was terrible. Took years to get over it…
The consequences may differ on a case by case basis. But it’s worse than swine flu. That’s for sure.
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d’aww. Does Sandra have a crush, or is she just playing it up?
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Looks like someone is twitterpated.
@ BobisOnlyBob: This will not be the last strip about this topic. (But don’t expect immediate answers about their state of relationship.)
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It took me flipping years to figure out that cooties were imaginary. I thought it was the American term for headlice or something of that ilk. This was, of course, before the internet infiltrated every area of life and instant answers to any mindless curiosity became the norm – I wasn’t going to walk to the library to research ‘cooties’ because Lisa Simpson mentioned them.
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I hated other kids that mentioned that term. I ALWAYS thought that was so immature. (but none of the other kids wanted to be my friends then, anyway)
And yes, the internet has provided answers to every question known to man.
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@matty..not all answers to every question known to man..what about the so called “meaning to life” and dumb stuff like that? lol…..
@ shadow: Life itself has most likely no meaning considering the implications of your existence compared to the big picture of the universe. Life itself would only have meaning if the way a specific creature lives its life would somehow alter the “end state” of the universe.
However, you can give meaning to your own life. That is increasing your own amount of “joy” during lifetime (and probably that of other people). There are many ways to do this so there’s no single answer which fits all people.
Maybe I should write a comic about the topic…
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@shadow: Dude, the answer to the meaning of life, the universe, and everything, is 42. Granted, the computer which figured it out wasn’t connected to the internet, but it DID have a voice interface…
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I suspect the meaning of life involves exceptionally large brown trout.
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Again, this shows who’s the REAL adult in the house
Wonder if Sandra and Cloud are/gonna be more than just friends 
It’d be interesting if they kissed… ewww, COOTIES 
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Last comic on this topic? You’re mean…
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Wait… I misread that post.
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Sandra: Magical Sunday Dress GO!
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For the record several decades ago it was slang term for headlice. Over time the original meaning has been forgotten and it’s come to just be a ficticious reason for children of the opposite sex not touch each other. When I was a kid we had an old christmas book that used it the original way. Kind of like the term moron actually used to refer to specific range of intelligence, but now it’s just an insult.
Cool magical dress by the way.
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ah young love. it’s wonderful to see it, and it maybe this time, the girl is doing the chasing. that tends to be hard to find. but i do wonder how she got into that dress so fast.
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@Zaiki: Then Monday comes and its all over. Gotta Hate Mondays lol
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Did she does transform her outfit like Sailor Moon or something?
Outfit change! SHAZAM!
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I always thought Cooties were Lice, because no one wanted to get either of them.
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@ BarGamer:
Though 42 is obviously the answer, we are still missing the question as the Golgafrinchians killed off the Earthlings with their stupidity. I don’t think we will ever be sure the significance of 42, so I think the closest thing we have to go on is what “Novil” said about making meaning in your own life.
How many different joys must you achieve? 42! See? It is a possibilty!
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Ha, ha! That’s cute.
I’m almost reminded of this scene from MM9 in a way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJYu7jyzFNo
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at least she’s not screaming “squeeee!” yet
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What an interesting way of forgetting the heat.
Also, nice dress. I’m a fan of instant changing clothes, too. I wish that would be possible in real life.
Or is it?
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LOL, it’s like a magical girl Anime transformation. That’s really cute and funny.
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Cooties?
What the heck is cooties?
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oh snap!
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When I was a tyke, we didn’t use the term “cooties”. It was “boy germs” and “girl germs” in my school.
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@Loop: Cooties actually came from a word for head lice, Kuto. Dunno what language it is, but it translates to head lice.
@Christo: Cooties is a fake disease, usually “transmitted” by touching a person of the opposite gender, or someone else who has.
Up here in Canada, we have a “cootie lock” that prevents us from transmitting/getting cooties. I never believed in cooties, so I became the “Quarantine Kid.”
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oops, forgot definition in last post! a “Quarantine Kid” is someone that you transmit the cooties to, without fear of them trying to give it back to you. Of course, everyone tried to avoid me anyways. (I was reading 300+ page books by myself in a matter of hours, with words in them like “Serendiferous” and “Quarantine” when most of my peers were still trying to figure out what “To” meant.)
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Ahahaha~
Henshin Yo!
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So, I’m guessing Cloud has AC then?
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(facepalm) i should have said this sooner, It seems that Sandra’s dad is showing signs that he’s not gotten use to the idea that his daughter is glowing up and showing an intrest into other boys. watching his daughter looking for a boyfriend and having less need of him should be hard for him to take.
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@Taxil: Though that’s much less common in single dads, as the daughter almost always comes to them for advice.
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Or maybe his house has Air Conditioning?
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..(hits self on head). I did not read it right. I did not see that he was coming over there.
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I think there’s an anti-cootie spray available.
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@Zaiki: not sure about that, but none the less, it appears to be the case here.
@Rocket_T_Coyote: there is. it’s called “silly string”. Give Sandra and Cloud a can of it, and any ideas of cooties goes away while fun ensues.
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She must be Sailor Saturn because I’m pretty much sure the last sailor was Sailor Jupiter.
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“Cooties is real its just a type of head lice
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Cooties was also another word for Head Lice. This is how the concept first spread.
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@Shadowman: She does look like a Saturn, doesn’t she?
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well… i don’t get the idea, but…. damn she’s cute in that dress!
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hehe. nice comic..
@shadowman, actualy I think later seasons took it all the way to Eris
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@hokorippoi: Doh! I did the same thing. I was wondering why nobody else reached the same conclusion I did. Must be the heat/humidity where I’m at (just moved into my dorm, farther south than I’m used to).
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Allllllriiiiiiight! Sandra wants to date Cloud! Why doesn’t she invite him on a date?
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I think the dad is the only one in the strip who believes in “Cooties”. Sandra look really happy that Cloud will come over (although she almost killed him after he scared her to death after she watched “The Dark Night”). I love the instant fantastical dress change as well
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I think the dad definately believed in cooties when he was younger – maybe its not as popular with kids nowadays as it was when I was in grade school. . . when the girls somehow transmitted the cooties onto the floor and we coldnt touch it.
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Cooties= Cuties… my understanding is that girls can only give boy’s cooties by kissing them before they’ve been inoculated. but just to be sure, grabs a ink pen and draws two dots on Cloud’s hand. “circle circle knife knife now you’ve got your shot for life.”
Ok, I think the boy’s good to go.
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lol@all things @me aside from novil..witch is who i agree with..the comp that said its “42″ said that thay did not “ask” a real question so it was not able to give them a real answer..seeing as all thay asked was “whats the answer to the ultimant question ect”
BG_Sub-Zero wrote: “Allllllriiiiiiight! Sandra wants to date Cloud! Why doesn’t she invite him on a date?”
Somebody has completely forgotten how those things used to work when you were 11 years old or so. Lol.
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“mm, I’d catch your cooties any time, babe” XD I can’t decide if that’s the best pick up line or the worst, somebody help me out here.
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Pssh. Who wouldn’t like Cloud? Young, handsome, knows swordplay, AND he’s a living reference to Final Fantasy VII. What’s not to like?
…And d’aww. Potential puppy love. I remember how that was.
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ME: he he he, who is our luky girl I already inmagine how she is going to get when she turns 15… (actually realising it) WTF
Little sister (11 1/2 yrold): and then the noun is…
ME: SOFIA!!
Sister: huh?
ME: I forbid you to have any contact with the oposite sex
Sister: what the …?
ME: you are not alowed to bring any boys…
Sister: What? but you always said that you are proud of your non protective politics and actually you always said to Paulina (17 years old) “you should get a boy” “you were lucky last nigh wink” and “that friend of yours was a handsome young lad” etc.. and I dont want to start dating till i am older and going to late partyes….
ME: huh? so you say I should get anticonceptives or something?
Sister: go watch Tv please
ME: O.K, can you make that tea juice you did the other day?
Sister: Only if you behave yourself
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@Douglas Graebner
yea right, what a big fish! (ho ho ho ho)
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Once I knew cooties weren’t real, I felt like beating someone up if they were mentioned.
I live in the south, and in the summer I feel like doing what Sandra is doing there.
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And I thought GUYS changed fast.
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don’t know if you’ll ever see this, but cooties is a real life thing, originally tagged to body lice, terrible little parasites that were easily transmitted, and the most common way to transmit them among children was through direct proximity, or something the other child had handled, today we apply it to the opposite sex, but then it was tagged to individuals, and saying someone had it was extremely embarrassing for the person, or a really really huge insult.