![[0008] Negotiating Methods](/comics/2008-11-17-negotiating-methods.png "[0008] Negotiating Methods")
The current story arc started with this strip: A Sly Raccoon.
Mr. Farley does not really look like he has learned his lesson… *sigh*
- Sandra: Oh my God! You can talk! I have to tell Daddy!
- Woo: No, please don’t tell anybody!
- Sandra: Why not?
- Woo: I am somewhat attached to my vocal apparatus and don’t want to end up on the dissection table of an overambitious scientist.
My old owner shouldn’t find out about it either. Your father’s negotiating methods for my purchase were a bit… uhm… unorthodox.
- Boy: He he, if you hold a marshmallow in front of his nose, he snatches at it.
- Boy: What an ugly raccoon.
- Mr. Farley: Very funny, you brats! Now get me out of here!
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Somehow, I think daddy will find out one of these days.
Also, I think those brats are the guys kids.
YAY! I so *do* love this negotiating method!
Heh, pretty interesting negotiating method XD
Anyway. *waves* New reader ^_^ (location: singapore)
Will comment, but am not joining the forum =p
Thank RHJunior for his ad of this site. Just got to read the comics to date and it looks like this has potential. The idea of Woo only talking to the girl might prove hard, but it could be workable. His pick-up line in the previous strip was an excellent one and I wish I had something that good when I was a teenager.
Also thought the current strip’s explanation why he wants his talent kept secret understandable. However, his “caution” has created a logic error. If he fears speaking could get him killed, why talk to his new master? And no, her kindness isn’t an acceptable reason considering the risks. (Better she caught him speaking by accident, but what is done is done.)
Think the best strip was the one “Homesick?” as Woo’s expression in the final panel said far more than any words.
Thank RHJunior for his ad of this site. This comic reminds me of Housepets in a good way.
Ooooh! Karmic Justice! 🙂
Actually, the way she found out is funnier (at least to me). The “D’oh” moment for Woo is just priceless!
RHjunior for me too.
“Thank RHJunior for his ad of this site.”
Well, I am paying for the ad space (using the ad provider Project Wonderful). It’s quite cheap, but it’s not like RHJunior would have added the the banner himself to his site. However, he has approved the ad before it was put online. (Most other site owners do not approve banners before the ad system puts them on their site.)
“However, his “caution” has created a logic error. If he fears speaking could get him killed, why talk to his new master? And no, her kindness isn’t an acceptable reason considering the risks.”
Yeah, Woo’s explanation is not totally consistent… A satisfying explanation (which exists in my head) would have needed walls of text and I don’t think that drawing two additional panels only for speech bubbles is a good idea.
“(Better she caught him speaking by accident, but what is done is done.)”
That would have been quite tough to do, since I didn’t want to wait any longer to finally let Woo speak his first lines and I have no idea to whom he could have talked to. The “Beginner’s mistake” strip, which I personally like very much, would also have been impossible this way.
I feel like, he’s an intelligent being who has been locked in a cage for ages, without any vocal outlet — of course he’s dying to talk to somebody, despite the risks.
The advantage of choosing a little girl is that tons of kids claim their pets can talk, and nobody believes them.
Poor guy; locked in a cage and getting teased with marshmellows. I feel sorry for him.
I like how you type out the dialogue it helps with copying or searching.
@ Leora:
Kids claim their pets can talk?
I suddenly fear for the future of our species.
Cats can talk but they never do. Dogs want to talk but they never can 😀
if he’s six months old whats with the large vocabulary
That’s what I call justice. >X3
Has anyone heard of the show “Corniel and Bernie”? The shows explanation for why nobody can find out that Corniel can talk is almost verbatim of what Woo says.
Why was Mr. Farley even caged in the first place?
Michael A. L. wrote:
He’s being an ass and a jerk to his pet and it seems Sandra’s dad gave him a stern punishment.
But as you can see he doesn’t learn his lesson.
she looks a little like roll
I could actually see this conversation happen between Calvin and Hobbes.
I have to ask, how did the cage get bigger?
Frankly, I’m just impressed that those kids know the scientific meaning of raccoon.
@ Valentine:
Raccoons age differently.
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I must agree that fellow really does make quite an ugly raccoon.