[0533] Extra Chores
└ posted on Monday, 2 December 2013, by Novil
- Sandra: Fifty thousand raccoons?!
- Woo: That’s the lower end of the estimate, yes.
- Sandra: Are there even that many raccoons in our state?
- Woo: Sure. But many also come from New York, Maine and even Quebec! They’ve been on the road for weeks just to see Butterfly.
- Woo: If your father can’t drive me, I’ll have to head off today as well.
- Sandra: No, that’s way too dangerous! I’ll ask him to drive us.
- Sandra: Do you have any idea how many extra chores I always have to do to get him to do all these weird things for me?
- Woo: Sorry.
![[0533] Extra Chores](/comics/2013-12-02-0533-extra-chores.png "[0533] Extra Chores")
She says that, but i guess she’s curious to see all these raccoons together too 🙂 (especiallyim if lily’s coming too, lily will be able to talk about sandra to the other raccoons 🙂
Good luck, Sandra. You need it.
I really pity Powree at this point… 50,000 Raccoons?! That’s just mental! Also, how is Sandra going to explain why she wants driven there to her father? Better be pretty good at lying…
Des ratons du Québec! 😀
*complote en murmurant* Maintenant, suffit de convaincre les auteurs de faire de l’un d’entre eux un perso récurrent…
And, for the news : the great raccoon migration continues to puzzle scientists !
Sandra: Of course, if you could help with the chores in some way…
Woo: Certainly! I’ll have an army of agile raccoon offspring ready for you in no time! In fact, I’ll get to work on that right now! Hey, Lily… (scampers off)
And what about when the event is over, and Woo goes to get his ride back home…?
Girl: Mommy? Why is the car up ahead covered in raccoons?!
Mother: I don’t know… maybe they’re getting a lift back from a raccoon sporting event, ha ha!
Father: Or maybe it’s an ironic take on, y’know, tying a raccoon’s tail to your aerial!?
Mother: Yes, dear, maybe that too. See, there’s one up there now – maybe they’re taking it in turns!
Woo: Hey, everyone! Orders from the big guy inside: no more climbing on the aerial! It ain’t built for that sort of treatment, so cut it out or we lose the radio!
Raccoon: Aw! But I haven’t had a turn yet! *sulks* Well, if we’re keeping the radio, can he find us a decent rock station, at least?
I’d be curious to see the event, the chores would be worth it.
too bad he can’t help sandra since it would be also strange to see a pet helping his master perfectly
I can wait to see Richard’s reaction when he saw the thousands of Raccoons in front of him.
@ Sgtflyer:
Why Lily? Woo can explain who’s Sandra to other Racoons as well. Also he will be more neutral about it.
I can’t even start to imagine what happens in New Hampshire and Vermont during those days…
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Here’s a question : If Sandra goes, how will the 50-60 thousand racoons react to her?
AckAckAck wrote:
Who? Woo?? 🙂
The basic equivalent of raccoon Woodstock. That’s a scary image.
Man, the vacation photos of a trip like that would be awesome!
I wonder what the policy is for bringing humans to any big raccoon event. Lily was very human-phobic before she learned to trust Sandra, so I wonder if many raccons will shy away or if they demand that she will be put on a leash.
Chores, the new parent and child currency!
Oh…god…something just hit me, THE RABIES will be insane!
100000 Raccoons later we’ll have Woo as Waldo.
50000 Racoons I think I just found the name for my my Band!
Well, now we have a rough idea of where in the world Sandra & Woo takes place….
@ Luke:
Sandra: Daddy, can you drive me and Woo to Beech Valley?
Dad: …why?
Sandra: Well, Woo keeps trying to get out with a knapsack full of food. When I asked where he was going, he pointed to Beech Valley on the map.
(Father is used to Woo showing unusual intelligence, even if he never spoke in his presence, so this will be perfectly acceptable.)
Dad: So Woo wants to go to Beech Valley…
Sandra: And I was hoping you could drive us so it would be safer for him. Also, some news articles have been showing a lot of raccoons congregating there, so I’m hoping to get him there and back safely.
Dang, I’m beginning to think “Dad” needs to find out a certain pet in his home has unusual control of his vocalizations (and the intelligence to use it correctly)
no love for my two favourite characters in your latest poll… what’s with that? 😀
Fifty Thousand Raccons Cash ! Get the reference ?
oh phooey… I am sad about the direction this comic is taking… wow… another comic that is antha… amtha… uh… humanizing the animal creatures. Now Woo is just another human character that looks funny… sorry… i really don’t like that. Just another Snoopy.
Considering Sandra’s dad i’m leaning more on the sure side, that if Woo came up and talked to him I would think after the initial shock he would be cool with most requests.
I could seriously picture something like this happening during a pit-stop if Sandra’s father ends up agreeing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gaoVPDT1EE
Suddenly, raccoons, everywhere; Feeding frenzy. Actually, just randomly found that online a few minutes ago and immediately thought of Sandra and Woo when I saw it. XD
@ Elliot:
I kind of always had the impression that was the “direction” this comic was going? Course, I also have the benefit of reading up on all of it as of a couple weeks ago….
@ Elliot:
What do you mean “the direction this comic is taking”? It has always been going in ‘this direction’
Do you mean to say, it took you 533 pages to finally come to that awareness? o_O
Continue the zoey kisses michelle story line
@ Elliot:
*sigh* There have been anthropomorphic animals in the comic since the start. The very fact that Woo is a talking raccoon is probably the centre point of the whole comic, he is one of the main characters and has been since the very beginning, and you choose now to bring up you don’t like the fact that he has assumed some human qualities? Don’t see where you’re coming from here.
So, just out of curiosity, how old would Sandra be at this point? Cause i doubt that it would be the same in there as it is out here…so if someone could help me, my curiosity would really appreciate it! 🙂
What, can’t she have cute little forest animals do it for her?
I already knew that Woo was humanized. He is, after all, a talking raccoon. But the author has cleverly allowed Woo to retain his raccoon personality. My problem is not with him. It is that thousands of other raccoons are now being humanized also. Somehow they are mass communicating together and having a convention forgoing their lives, kits, families, etc. for this gathering. The logistics alone involved with feeding thousands of raccoons in a limited space requires a massive look-the-other-way on the part of the reader. Maybe it’s me. Maybe I am just tired of Disney-esque universes where all the animals have human-like intelligence, human-like personalities and human-like problems with human-like solutions.
@ Elliot:
We have already seen numerous other anthro-animals, why would Lilly and Woo be the only Anthro-coons?
@ Elliot:
It is a good question regarding what they’re all going to eat. I’m not a concertgoer or anything like that myself, but I’m pretty sure that catering for events like that is an entire industry unto itself. If they just plan on hunting and foraging like they normally do, that many in one place at once will strip it bare, it’s far more than a natural habitat can normally provide for.