- Woo: Lily wants to say goodbye to you. She always feels uncomfortable when she has to leave the forest for more than a few hours.
- Woo: She’ll make sure that every raccoon in the whole county gets to know what you and Richard did for her.
- Sandra: Aww, that’s sweet.
- Woo: And she’ll pray to the gods that you may give birth to at least 20 children.
- Sandra: Dear God, please let there be no gods!
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Wait… The animals got religon!?
See. Liliy… Human gods doesn’t work like that. *counts how many Final Fantasy games came out so far* … *remembers the boy Sandra is dating* … on second though, Sandra. Pray to god the ones you listen to are paying attention to a game, not a series.
Oh, Lily’s leaving 🙁
Hopefully Woo can persuade her to visit regularly though – maybe even over time work out a pictogram chart or sign language for communication if Woo’s not around…
As for 20 children, yikes! Generally, only captive raccoons could get anywhere near that number – litters are between 2-5 kits at a time, while average raccoon life expectancy in the wild is 2-3 years due to traffic, hunting, severe winters (losing their mother, starvation), distemper or possibly predation (although not to a great extent, as many predators have been exterminated).
Conversely, Lily’s not your average raccoon (remember her den?), is friends with Woo and no doubt by extension the Norths, so potentially could live significantly longer than her cousins living elsewhere.
Wutman wrote:
Well, we know Woo prayed to See-o-ahtlah-ma-kas-kay (cioatlamacasque) once before. Since the god is Aztec based I think there are more ancient gods those animals prayed to. Possibly animistic believes that exist long before the colonists arrived on American continent.
Sandra, I know this seems impossible, and I am sorry to have to tell you this, but twenty children would NOT be a world’s record.
“The greatest officially recorded number of children born to one mother is 69, to the wife of Feodor Vassilyev (b. 1707–c.1782), a peasant from Shuya, Russia. In 27 confinements she gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets.”
Source : http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/3000/most-prolific-mother-ever
I hope she didnt mean in a single litter….im not sure most mammals can do that
I know of a few scottish couples with over 11 kids and one of my former lecturers is having her third set of twins
It’s funny how different compliments are, depending on race and species 🙂
I guess…
It’s the thought that counts?
But Sandra, if there are no gods, then who are you addressing? 😉
soooooo…she can’t understand lily…too bad
Well for a raccoon…20 must be a small number …
@ Pie:
*In a fake Arnold accent*: That’s the joke!
Oh goodness. Cloud better prepare himself…
I think she means, “May your first child be a masculine one.”
Polytheism is heresy so she is somewhat right =)
Shame Cloud wasn’t there to hear Lily’s wish for Sandra. Loved to see the look the pair would have shared!
Huh. Who new raccoons were polytheists? Don’t worry Sandra, there’s no evidence whatever for the god hypothesis.
Soooo… Lily no speaka da human?
Wutman wrote:
even rabbits have deities (read Watership Down)
Haha, it’s definitely the thought that counts here, Sandra! But this wish of prosperity is surely the greatest expression of gratitude she could ever receive from Lily. Especially powerful considering how terrified Lily is of humans to begin with.
Why is she asking God to not let there be Gods? XD
And when did Woo suddenly become the only animal capable of human speech? Shouldn’t that mean he can’t communicate with other animal species either if humans speak a different “language” from Racoons? And how did he learn to speak like a person in the first place? Don’t tell me he’s friends with Meowth. XD
illeatyourself wrote:
Woo have always been the only animal in the comic cable of human speech, that was more or less made clear right from the beginning. It is not clear why he is cable of human speech, and it is not clear either to what extend other animals understand human speech.
Since all the animals in the comic is intelligent, they probably understand human speech to some degree (at least the domesticated ones) so it would only take a small mutation to Woo’s vocal cords to make him able to speak English
@ illeatyourself:
It is inherit flaw of our languages… technicaly “oh god” in most languages is simply something that has been so conventionalized in it´s use as expression of dismay that language has not suitable alternative.
Changing it is a waste of time though.
but generaly… as long as Lily does not do anything more constructive than praying (which means virtualy any other action) Sandy is pretty safe 🙂
@ Wutman:
There are theories that say better developed members of the primate family can create their own religions. Not so sure about raccoons though.
…has anyone read “The Architect of Sleep”?
this line of raccoon communication talk got me thinking about it…
Well, that’ll certainly turn you atheist.
Now, now Sandra, Lily probably doesn’t know the limits on human reproduction. At least appreciate the gesture.
There are a slew of Polytheistic religions in humanity’s’ past; many of which had gods responsible for the elements (Thor for lightning and thunder, for instance), so it’s quite possible that animals think of the elements as manifestations of gods themselves, being so much closer to nature than modern humanity.
In many societies and/ or religions, fertility and fecundity are considered blessings. Lily is giving Sandra a blessing of sorts by way of thanks for helping her Woo..
@ Trimutius:
Speak for yourself! Not all of us are Christian — or even monotheistic/monodeistic for that matter! In the eyes of some, worshipping a single god (or “God”) might be a heresy.
20 children…. Oh those racoons…..
I’m related to family with that so it Is possible. Dedication is key on both counts.
Hey, which strip was cioatlamacasque in again? I don’t remember. 🙁
If the prayer was answered, would that be a god committing suicide? 🙁
The joy of dealing with different cultures!
Sandy should learn fairly quickly to take such compliments in the spirit in which they were offered (expression of good will and good luck, vice being literal truth!)
Erika Hammerschmidt wrote:
Something like that.
That sounds painful!– and potentially lethal!
Especially if they all come at once.
Wait a second. How does Lilly know about counties?
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I don’t think she’d have a vagina left by the end of that.
Wutman wrote:
And I for one agree with Sandra…given that “Oh God” means one and TRUE Master of the day of Judgement. ^ ^; Then ya, hope her prayer is answered.
…….wait,which god? abrahamic single god.or the god that presides over the animal gods,who I assume are indian spirits.
This topic is suddenly making me exceedingly uncomfortable.
Humans breeding = bad.
I’m with Sandra’s opinion on this one… or close enough to it.
Segasonic3039 wrote:
Christian is a fairly safe bet, since they make up ¾ of the US. Of course, ⅕ of the US are irreligious, and would probably not have any specific god in mind, just using the phrase as an expression.
@ Wutman:
They do evoke the names of pagan deities now and again.
Praying that another prayer wont be answered? Talk about a God Block
Well Cloud, get to it