![[0251] Chinese Craftsmanship](/comics/2011-03-07-0251-chinese-craftsmanship.png "[0251] Chinese Craftsmanship")
The current story arc started with this strip: A New Adventure.
Woo has an important message for Larisa. (Thanks to our reader Ambi for making the screenshot)
- Cloud: Great.
- Larisa: Hey, there’s my phone!
- Larisa: And it’s still working! If this ain’t real Chinese craftsmanship, what is!?
- Larisa: Hi Daddy! Look, we had — {} …… …
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Maybe it’s a fine phone, but the batteries apparently aren’t
Good work on the page!
Nice touch, having Woo wring out his tail in panel #2.
Hmmm… Pretty rough phone ya got there. Plot convenience or a subliminal message sponsored by China? XD
What’s she saying? I just can’t take all these cliffhangers!!! >.<"
Medicine belt! smart thinking Larissa! atta girl, and here I am worrying about her health condition in 2-3 comic strips before. phew!
Now, as a phone afficionade I know there’s some heavy duty mobile phones out there, maybe they should have make that phone cheaper and available more to the masses.
Stay tuned folks, and celebrate it by go to a nearest bucket, fill it with water, and dip your mobile phone in it :p
and next we have the part were sandra is still in the river hanging onto a toppled tree for the ultimate clinch fest
so far i’ve seen all but sandra safe where is she O_O
turtlepower wrote:
Sandra is fine.
Larisa: *rolls to use her phone. Fails*
(chuckle) How did anyone survive prior to cell phones? 🙂 We might just find-out.
For the record, I don’t own one.
I just noticed Larisa is carrying a belt hidden under her shirt. What is that she´s checking out in the first panel? Her waterproof matches or her medication?
Speaking of “just noticed”, is it just my impression, or has the amount of detail in the panels increased lately?
Hail the great technology from your eastern brethren!
“Chinese craftsmanship” sounds really ironic.
Probably should have gotten the batteries from China too. That or Larisa yelled so loud into the phone that it actually broke the inside, whichever seems most convenient.
So I guess no one got separated from the group? Thought I should bring this up that Larisa’s dad has never been seen, will that change? I’m moderately curious as to what he looks like. Really well drawn comic as always.
*Insert awful Made In China-joke here*
@ AckAckAck:
My thought too. Larisa seems to know how to prepare for a dungeon crawl (aside from her phone).
Lets see if Cloud got his rope…
@ SlopDoggy:
She must have rolled a one when the phone dies at that second 😉
Oh, this happens to me all the time when writing comments on my p
Cliffhangers… they taunt me…
Hmm, this situation must have shaken Larisa more than we guessed. She called Ivan “Daddy.”
w8 i just remembered something
larisa – her condition, won’t it get worst with the surroundings and rain all in all?
sandra- um what happend to her?
cloud – ???
alex(right?) – he is alredy setting camp?
IMO they need to get rid of that chaperone. That guy has been nothing but a bad luck magnet from the get go. Are the rest of you thinking what I’m thinking?
Pinky: But shipper, where are they going to get two banjos and the banjo lessons needed to play “Dueling Banjos” at this time of the year?
Moxie Man wrote:
But you sure use your friend’s. Oh I know you anti tech freaks, always asking my gear but you wont buy one yourselfs
Ahem. Denied. Thank you kindly.
About Woo’s message: Yes, wildfires can be prevented.
But forest are actually healthier if they are regularly burnt. Fires are the natural form of pruning, prevent insect pests, are required for many plants to germinate and clear out the undergrowth without harming the larger trees. If small scale wild fires are prevented for too many years in a row, there is a build up of fuels which results in destructive, large scale wildfires such as the Black Saturday fires in Australia. Animals can smell smoke and find shelter when there are small fires around, but a large wildfire kills everything in its path.
I hope that { } symbol is Larissa suddenly realizing something, because if the phone just shocked her mute she’s going to have it too easy blowing things up.
Also, love Woo wringing his tail out in the background
Sirith wrote:
not just ironic, but a complete oxymoron. just ask anyone here inb the states.
i dont think the phone broke
Quite sad when you have to rely on chinese chraftsmanship to help you out of a hard situation. Lord knows they make things on mass just to sell them so they can be replaced quickly. If it had been a german or Japanese phone they would not be haveing this problem. Any way like the new isue, told my gf about the comic she like it much 😀
Bathbomber, you are right about wildfires. For decades, this country had a policy of suppressing all wildfires as soon as possible. We now know that policy was a huge mistake that has left us with huge problems.
However, I don’t see Woo saying anything about wildfires anywhere on this page. Am I missing something?
@ Anne:
Anne, there is a link to a screenshot in the blurb (where it says “Woo has an important message for Larisa.”)
Helloo…——–*
Sh*t it is broken
@ AckAckAck:
glad I wasn’t the only person worrying about Larisa.
That’s what I call “tempting fate”.
I think Sandra must be with them and ok, or Woo would be frantic.
@ Moxie Man
They survived by use of Citizen’s Band (CB) Radio. Always have one with you in a water proof baggie with batteries in and ready to go, just in case something like this would have happened. The Forest Ranger stations all had CB’s and towers on them. In the mid 90’s it was Family Radio System (FRS) radios, with a 2 mile range on the portable handsets, but you had to be monitoring the frequencies. Scanners could pick most of them up and you were advised on channels that were monitored by the Forest Ranger if you had arranged your trip properly. There were also these things called Signal Flares, but Larisa can create one of those at just about any time. 😀
@ isaac:
Larisa: “HI DADDY! Look we had…”
Male Voice: “Thank you calling Hu Chin’s Chinese Takeout. Today special Peking Duck!”
(Chinese phone…heh….bad joke….heh…)
@ Sir Chaos:
Why would he be wringing his tail while it’s still raining? It seems awfully premature…
Haha, great way to spend my birthday on my favorite site! Keep cranking out new comics!
Do you want to save money by switching to (Blankety Blank) Long distance service? If so hang up immediately and we’ll switch you automatically. If not, please stay online for the next 3 hours while a recording tells you all the benefits you’ll be missing.
I love the raining effect on the art. It came out very well.
Where is Sandra?
Gerardo wrote:
This is so true.
Where’s Sandra? Is she ok?
DarthRoden (aka Carl) wrote:
That’s very likely, since we’ve seen all the others and none of them worries about anyone missing.
Her dad hung up. I just know it.
I love how Cloud just pops out of nowhere.
You have encountered a random Cloud.
is it just me or did harley got replaced for cloud?!?!
That’s two bad calls in one sitting; one on how her phone was working and the other in an attempt to contact her dad.
Isn’t it sad, Larisa?
@ Sir Chaos:
Larisa is a diabetic, she was checking her glucose levels, the belt contains her medication and what-not
So Larisa and Cloud ended up on the same shore???
Interesting…
The first time we finally have contact with Larisa’s dad and then the phone goes dead. He must really enjoy avoiding us.