The current story arc started with this strip: Priorities.
No, Michelle, I don’t think that would help.
- Michelle: Hey, Sandra, are you going to play ball with your boyyyyfriennd?
- Sandra: That’s my short-term plan, yes.
- Michelle: Do you really think Cloud’ll stay with such a dorky coon lady for long?
- Sandra: I’m pretty sure, yes.
- Zoey: Teasing doesn’t work that well when your jealousy is oozing out of every orifice.
- Michelle: You think it’d help if I got – I dunno – a skunk?
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First panel Michelle looks like on drugs
“I don’t care.”
Pissing of jealous girls since the beginning of time.
Michelle aims, fires. Ricochet. “Ow, I’m hit!”
“Fire again, soldier”
“What are you nuts?”
“No, you are”
It also doesn’t help that your group of friends have haircuts from the 1980’s.
Skunks ARE adorable…
The Skunk would definently match her true self.
Thanks for telling me it was Michelle, I thought it was Larisa with her hair down.
Sandra used indifference!
Michelle is stunned!
It’s super effective!
What’s that? That’s the sound of someone getting owned!
“Is jealousy really oozing out of every orifice?”
“Yeah… I just stepped in it.”
“oh, that reminds me. I believe THIS (grunts, mimes pulling something out of his back) is YOUR dagger…”
True conversation. 😀
Aww, I love little envidious girls! is like evil but not so evil. I like more the fustrated girls that the egomaniac bitch psycho killers that they grow to be.
ouo Ffff. Don’t do it, Michelle!
@ Random:
To be fair, they DO look very similar….
No offense meant but i cant really tell difference between previous comic to current comic with regards to art style. Only major difference i could really note was blush added to sandra’s face.
Well her plan failed And Now To plan B.
Oh I just love your comic <3
@ gamerjoel135:
80’s… looks more likes 50’s to me!
WAIT!
do I smell (pun intended) a side story?
Sandra and Woo
Michelle and Puu!
GENIUS!
LOL! Sandra: “That’s my short term plan, yes”. epic reply is epic.
Oh. And one more thing:
Is it just me or is it the first time Zoey says something that is reasonable? ^^
I don’t know why.
But they kinda remind me of Jessie and James right now…
James: “Teasing doesn’t work that well when your jealousy is oozing out of all orifices.”
Jessie: “You think it’d help if I got – I dunno – a Stunky?”
Meowth: In that case I’m glad that the cartoonist never gave me a nose.”
I could totally see that happening.
@ Bucc-i:
I guess Woo would make another piece of clothing out of Poo…
maybe fitting the ones made of rat-skin…
At the other hand, it would take hours if not days to get the smell out.
Or he would fill in for Meowth XD”’
Novil how can ya say somethin like that? Course it would help… getting rid of her for a while. (It takes time to bath in tomato juice.) XD
These things never get me bored even if the count goes up to S:100-M:0 as long as the second one stays 0. X3
Keep it up Novil.
First time I’ve seen a girl deal with putdowns sensibly.
Someone wrote:
I guess Woo would make another piece of clothing out of Poo…
maybe fitting the ones made of rat-skin…
At the other hand, it would take hours if not days to get the smell out.
Or he would fill in for Meowth XD”’
Only if she adopted one without having it’s musk glands removed. In the few US states where it’s legal to have a pet skunk, it’s got to be “de-scented”.
It’s more like Sandra: 2, Michelle: 0 xD
Hehehe! Well said, Sandra.
@ Moxie Man:
Woha, thanks for the information, but if you ask me: That is rather cruel and also mutilation.
Just like the fact that cats get their claws removed.
(I’d really like to know why this is done… because they could hurt anyone? so you would remove a dogs teeth too, or what?)
Same for castrating male pets. They might even suffer unpleasant sideeffects like a tendency to kidney stone.
Nay, I’d call such a plan retroactive. Detrimental even.
@ Bucc-i:
Non, not Puu; Le Puu. Pepè Le Puu.
Personally, I’ve always wanted a pet skunk. They’re quirky and fun and fluffy, sort of like bigger, fatter versions of ferrets, and while I can’t speak from personal experience, I’ve been told once you get them descented, they smell even less than descented ferrets do… Plus!
@ Someone:
I have owned many cats in my life, and we never ever declaw. It’s unnecessary, and it puts them at risk if they get outside (which our cats do, as their job is vermin control). Neutering, however, is important, especially if you don’t intend to breed your animals. A cat or dog that is intact but not allowed to breed can develop behavioral problems and is at an increased risk of prostate problems as well, and allowing an animal to breed for the sake of breeding is unfair to their offspring, considering how many animals are already living in shelters. (I’ve been stuck fostering a stray dog for over two months because there’s no room at the shelter and I’m on a waiting list.)
Teasing also tends to be ineffective if you can’t think of anything the victim is actually embarrassed about.
“Oh, I can’t believe you just suggested the cute, popular boy I’m attracted to might actually be my BOYFRIEND! I’m so HUMILIATED!!!”
@ Lydia:
A really meaningful comment you made here. (no sarcasm)
We had 2 neutered cats when I was (much) younger. I know what you mean.
But someone (no pun) I know has a male cat who is castrated and the poor little guy almost died of kidney stone because castrated male cats simply tend to get this.
(Now he’s getting special food to prevent this)
This and also the sheer thought of the fact that their *you know* has to be removed is making it quite unlikely for me to ever have a male pet.
(I have the feeling I just broke the english language again, but I can’t find my mistake…)
And the part wich the claw-removing was meaned for the US-states.
(I heared from a half american that this is the norm there)
Here in Germany this is almost never done. I can’t remember a single case of it.
I love the strip.
It’s just very sad that in real life people rarely react that way. We often take what people SAY about us more seriously than what we KNOW about ourselves.
Well, look at it this way: a dorky coon lady is FAR cuter than a crazy cat lady. ^_^
Or, if you get a skunk, just a flat-out crazy lady.
Uh, I’m American and my family runs a feline rescue charity, so I’ve met significantly more adult cats than people and I’ve only met with one cat who had been declawed. She was declawed because she had a rare condition where her claws didn’t grow right and would grow into her paws. Other than that instance, I don’t believe in declawing and I’ve never met another American who did.
I don’t know, thought if you teased someone that meant you liked them. Either that or you find something funny about them and want to let them in on the joke. (funny ha ha, not funny strange) doing it out of jealousy is ignorant. Of course, letting a bully know you are laughing at them behind their back is absolutely priceless.
@ Lydia:
One of my dad’s cats nearly blinded my cat for no reason, the two being on opposite sides of the room until the muscular jerk decided to jump up and stab the fluffy jerk in the face out of the blue. We had said muscular jerk declawed, and it hasn’t harmed his hunting abilities at all. The big dude’s a master hunter and can fight on even footing with other cats in their neighborhood due to being built like a tuxedo-colored tank. So not every cat exactly suffers from not having claws. For comparison, you can still see the damage the claws did directly to my cat’s eyes four years later. And for the record, this was not the first time the tuxedo one attacked another cat or a dog unprovoked, just the one that did the most damage.
Though I do definitely understand where you’re coming from, what with the kind of amputation declawing entails, and would never have it done unless I thought it was absolutely necessary.
A descented skunk will pretty much not notice the difference, unless they get into a life-and-death situation. The benefits include a reduction of their scent (they tend to get compared to ferrets, from what I’ve read) as well as putting others at ease. There’s a large difference between, “He can’t spray you” and “He won’t spray you”, since the average person seems to believe that skunks will spray if you look at ’em funny. Or just emanate a deadly stench Pepe LePew style.
Growing up, we had a cat who did get declawed. She wouldn’t stop clawing at everything in site, and no amount of training would correct her behavior. Since she was an indoor cat for the most part, the need for protection was not as strong. She never came home with injuries, though, so she apparently took care of herself well enough.
Spaying and neutering is important for pets that are not going to be bred. Hormones and instincts take a toll, one that can be heavier for certain species. For instance, skunks. Unless I’m remembering the information incorrectly, the average lifespan for an unneutered male was about 5 years, while a neutered male would live for around 20, due to the stress mating season puts on him. Female skunks who go into heat can end up dying from it, bleeding internally.
I’ve wanted a pet skunk for ages, but in my current state of residence, they’re illegal. They’re illegal in many areas because of the lack of a tested and verified rabies vaccine. There’s no testing or verification of rabies vaccines for skunks being done because it costs money, and there aren’t a lot of skunk owners. There aren’t a lot of skunk owners because they’re illegal in so many areas. Isn’t circular logic great?
LOL!! I like the mean girl’s brunette friend. Tellin’ it like it is.
A pine marten might be more her style, they’re much bigger than weasels but not quite as nasty as wolverines.
Pet Skunks are cool. The scent is indeed less than a ferrets in my experience and they are fatter, mellower and fluffier. Assuming you get them descented. I would really hate to run tomato juice through a pressure washer in my living room just because the neighbors car backfired. -_-
Spaying or neutering a pet is simple responsibility, but I do agree declawing should only be done in extreme circumstances. It’s hard to make universal rules about these things however. For example docking a dogs tail. In the vast majority of cases it’s completely unneeded. However for some breeds like Old English sheepdogs you _are_ going to run into health issues without a docked tail unless you want to spend an hour a day shaving and cleaning your dogs backside….
Dorky Coon Lovers FTW! =D
@ Someone:
usually its when there are going to be small children involved ,or fine furniture…
don’t get me wrong i know there are alternatives, such as taking the time to actually train your cat, but so many people rather take the easy way out, my mom did, and now i feel bad when my “king of the house” cat of 18 years swats at my mothers little Pomeranian because she get too close or tries to eat my cats food.
@ JHudson: I can understand. I’ve met a handful of cats in my life where declawing was a legitimate option for one reason or another–that’s just never been the case for us.
As a side note, I think I’m feeding a tuxedo-colored tank on my front porch of late. O_o In fact, that’s what we call him: Tuxedo. Cat ain’t afraid of anything, least of all me. XD
Hi, great comic– just one thing to point out. The translation here suffers a little because “coon” is sometimes used as a racist insult in the United States. I’ll admit that I did a double-take when I first read it! If it were “raccoon” instead, this would be much less confusing.
@ Someone:
I totally agree with you!!! I find it very cruel to remove anything a animal need to survive (like an instinct?) because a cat needs claws to do almost virtually everything. ALMOST. It’d be sort of like taking all the quills from a porcupine or hedgehog.
Michell gets a skunk hides it in sandras closet
……And the scores all tied up!!!!!!!!
(Previously commenting as Random and Weirdosity)
If everyone could deal with bullying as well as Sandra, I doubt there would be many bullies.
Big Belly Jarelli wrote:
So the more coon is used in a non-racist, non-insulting way the better surely? Or do you think words should be abandoned to the hate merchants, as the phonetic rendering of the Latin for black has been?
Looks like a trip to Lake Woo-B-Gone!
Does Michelle have any redeeming qualities? lol
funnily enough. I would love to have a pet skunk. I heard they are a lot like cats if you take care of them and oh so adorable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbbcpwEI18k
yay this is a link to adorable pet skunk of adorableness
Try flipping the script on her next time. or reading ahead of the script
No! Get a tiger! Not a skunk!