Millie Enlists

[grendelwoof]

<a href='http://www.ozyandmillie.org/2001/om20010518.html' target='_blank'>http://www.ozyandmillie.org/2001/om2001 ... ><i>Little girls, in my experience, have this thing about ponies.<br><br>Of course, there are a few problems with the plot point here that involves Millie having the traditional little-girl pony fixation. For one thing, I'm fairly sure it's the only time it's come up, so it can't exactly be front and center in her consciousness.<br><br>And for another, all animals--at least all vertebrates, though I've been inconsistent about birds--seem to be sentient bipeds, in the O&M universe. So the pony thing is a bit weird and confusing.<br><br>But for the purposes of this storyline, she apparently finds the idea of getting a pony very appealing. I dunno. Whatever.</i><br><br><br>Seeing this strip again makes me want action figures of the cast. Millie for her breaking stuff/ tail wagging action, locke for water balloon lobbing and sword swinging, and ozy for well... being there <!--emo&^_^--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /happy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='happy.gif' /><!--endemo-->

[Foxchild]

the pony thing has made a couple waves around here before, and this may open up that can of worms again!

[Dr. Doog]

duh, she likes the ponies because she's short. little kids are short. short. i like saying short. short.

[Tavis]

Haha the pet topic has returned!<br><br>I don't see what's too far off about it, considering that Millie collects plushies too and holds conferences and protest rallies with them. Perhaps having a pony in there is like having a butler or something.. Wouldn't we all like to have some sort of housekeeper that can give us pony rides whenever we feel like it? I dunno. Then again, it could be something like a kid asking for a little brother or sister, y'know, as some sort of adoption... thing. Still, I bet it'd be pretty cool to have a pony in that world, sentient or not.

[Zylo]

I thought it was different for Locke to ask for a pony. I remember pets were always gender-specific: boys wanted horsies (not ponies) and doggies, and girls wanted ponies and kitties. I was the exception: I wanted a snake or a lizard. I never got the snake (nor do I ever plan on getting one anymore), but I did have 2 green anoles when I was 9 and 10. It just seemed like kids always wanted to be as far from the opposite sex as possible, so boys always wanted a horsey, not a pony, since ponies were for girls. But those are just my observations on the world, maybe you had a different experience.

[Softpaw]

I never wanted any type of horse, but my sister sure did. I wanted a kitten, until I finally got one and it was mean <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ns/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->. Now I want a puppy, either a purebred husky or a husky-wolf mix.

[penguinita]

felix- just make sure you're living in a climate ok for that husky. i know some people who had a husky (pure, i hthink) in maryland-- that dog was absolutely miserable in the summer, and the autumn, and the spring, and the winter (if the spring/autumn/winter weather was warm, as oft happened). (when they got the dog, they were living significantly north, but then they moved. )

[Sabre]

I had a husky wolf mix, He was awesome. When I was a wee one he would drag me around the house from his leash like I wasent even there. He was strong as heck, and he lived to be 18 too.

[Softpaw]

Several of my friends have huskies, they seem to be ok down here. Maybe it's the mountain air or something.

[Foxchild]

perhaps it has something to do with the fact that locke is from the alternate reality from under the couch that he want's a pony. If things are all topsy turvy under there, then that would make sense, right?

[Elscire]

That's a good point, FoxChild. Locke will be referring to what he knows as a pony, and in the couch universe this may well be different from what it is in the normal (O&M) one. <br><br>Or it may just be that we aren't supposed to think about the logistics of it all, and just take it that they want a pony. Oh well <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->

[Zylo]

Yea, we have a tendancy to think a bit <i>TOO</i> hard about O&M strips. It is just a comic, after all. ::runs away from torch mob::

[Doctor Fred]

*lights torch* Hey, if it gives you an excuse to light something on fire...

[Foxchild]

whats wrong with oer-analysis! <br>*grabs a pitchfork*<br>ok, dr fred! now were ready!

[Burning Sheep Productions]

A husky wolf mix!?<br>What more could you want?<br>*Sees fire.*<br>BOOYEAH!!!