2014-08-06
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Skin Horse
By Shaenon K. Garrity & Jeffrey C. Wells
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But what will the feral cats have to say about it? Aren’t they an independent voting block?
Well, yes, but we usually can’t be bothered with voting because the candidates the major parties run are usually idiots and the Libertarians don’t stand a chance at becoming a real third party yet, nyao…
That, and we cats are too busy keeping you two-leggers from totally destroying the planet to have time for silly politics. One must keep one’s priorities straight, after all, nyao.
They escaped the sexy mindcontrol only to fall under cute mindcontrol
“We” guess? So there’s more than one big-eyed mutant mouse.
I was thinking that too. Bees are eusocial and swamps are agglomerations, so those hive minds make some sense. A hive mind of mice is somehow much more disturbing.
Quite possible. I’ve been wondering whether they were dealing with a something like a Rat king (well Mouse king) Since they introduced themselves as ‘Daisychain’. . . .
(Addendum) Daisychain? Does this make them serial mice?
It’s a much cuter name than Spider.
Okay, yeah, there is no possible way that Daisychain is doing this via Cuteness Proximity alone. I’m betting there’s some sort of pheromone thing going on.
Remember davidbreslin101’s comment on the last strip?
(TUNE: “Heart” from Damn Yankees, Richard Adler and Jerry Ross)
We’re shelling these nuts!
Shelling twenty pounds of nuts!
Little mouse will take ’em all off our hands,
There’s no ifs, ands,
Or buts …
We’re giving him food!
Gotta feed this little dude!
We’re enjoying watching Daisychain eat,
Though it’s complete-
Ly rude!
Buying peanuts and Brazil nuts,
’Cause he asked us, so we will!
Next, we’ll ask those on-the-Hill nuts
To enact one little bill!
Cats must go!
Go to Congress, tell them so!
They won’t vote for it, ’cause here we don’t live!
(Unless we give
Them dough!)
Now don’t make that face!
Your cute is too great!
Resistance is useless,
So we’ll relocate
To this little room …
Full of nuts!
Full of nuts!
Full of nuts!
Heh. Legislation written on toilet paper. Fitting.
20 lbs. of Brazil nuts could contain many times the lethal dosage of Selenium for a mouse. (Wikipedia: Symptoms of selenosis include a garlic odor on the breath, gastrointestinal disorders, hair loss, sloughing of nails, fatigue, irritability, and neurological damage. Extreme cases of selenosis can result in cirrhosis of the liver, pulmonary edema, and death.)
So, is Daisychain sharing with several dozen other mice, or does Daisychain have an unusually high need for Selenium? It is useful for photocells and as a semiconductor.
Brazil nuts also contain 1000 times more radium than any other human food,
which presents even more disturbing possibilities.
Plus, as we all learned from Evolution one of its salts is also used to treat dandruff.
They also contain so much oil you can use them as candles. Try it.
The collective hivemind has grown strong and intelligent, gained knowledge of legal procedures, and is ruthless in exploiting its native cuteness to its advantage.
If Daisychain isn’t neutralized by becoming a lawyer/agent for Hugey P, I fear for the fate of the world.