Emergency Planning
You should always plan for an emergency before it happens. Otherwise you might run out of chocolate, which would be a disaster with a house full of Wombies.
(This comic strip was previously published on November 8, 2010.)
Thanks to all our fans, comic strippers, and bloggers, we have just surpassed 40,000 comments! Without you, we wouldn’t have any comments at all. Well, I guess we could talk to ourselves, but it just wouldn’t be the same. Thanks for adding your voice to our little world!
For 2013, our artist friend Cha made a Wombat Day painting of the Wombies posing as gangsta rappers. The original post of Happy Wombat Day 2013 can be seen on Cha’s Dontchawannadream art blog.
Screaming is good. Also running…yep running is better.
Hmm, Androgoth’s zombies must be out again …. I bet he is running …and screaming 😉
Andro’s having a lot of problems with Christmas zombies lately.
I only scream when my chocolate goes missing 🙂 lmao Hey Loon have some Cherries for me my sweet friend 🙂 xxxx
I scream and go crazy when that happens! Even crazier than normal!
Screaming and running is even better!
Espacially if the Zombies are loose 🙁
I hope they’re not! I’m afraid of them!
Don’t worry Winky, they look fearsome but are as friendly as the teddies on your bed 🙂
Teddies who want to eat your brains!
How do we ignore the rush of adrenaline? I say SCREAM!!!
Woops. Wrong email address. I think I got the right one now.
Now I don’t see my original message. Maybe it needs to be approved.
Make like a politician and approve this message 😉
I approved it, but I don’t necessarily endorse it. Unless you want to make a contribution to my fund.
My fund has dwindled to low to contribute 😐
You need to grease those wheels if you’re ever going make it big!
Trying to sneak in under the radar, I see.
Screaming always works for me!
Grab your fellow Wombies, and run to a safe place, like a store that carries chocolate.
To the chocolate vault! We could survive for weeks in there.
I’ll go with you. Does it have a bathroom?
Yep! Plus wireless internet, TV, games, beds, and a small kitchen!
Wow! I hope none of my Wombie’s heard you, they’ll be wanting one of those!
I should’ve told you in secret!
Yeah, but that’s okay, since it looks like Dink will hound his dad about it, instead of me…lol
Let’s have some chocolate pancakes!
I guess that lets you off the hook! Poor Mitch.
I was just thinking of having chocolate pancakes too!
We’re going to have some tonight too! I fixed you Winky size!
I need a good snack about now! It’s cold out and I want something warm in my tummy!
I’ll fix you some hot chocolate too!
Hot chocolate and warm pancakes is a great bedtime snack!
I want one of those!
Maybe you can convince Mitch to make one for you as a Christmas present. It is a big project, though.
I’ll try. I tell Mom and Tink to cook his favorite dinner first…then I’ll ask! Yay! I think I could get one big enough for all of us!
I hope that works out! When I have my favorite dinner, you could probably get me to do anything!
He said he’d think about it over many favorite meals.
You guys better make him some really good meals before Christmas, then!
I’m trying, but I only know how to make chocolate pancakes!
Those are pretty good! Maybe try to make some triple chocolate fudge. That should convince Mitch to make the safe for you,
However, screaming is a great life saving technique! 😀
I think so too!
It scares away monsters. It works in horror movies, right?
I sure hope there are no monster emergencies around here!
Screaming will get people’s attention more than anything…and the people will help you 😉
Good plan Wink
Yeah, it will, won’t it? My plan is better than I thought it was!
Sometimes…the *cough* not so bright can come up with brilliant plan
I always knew I was smarter than I thought!
We have planned for emergencies. You just have to. It’s not that hard either. Well it can be if screaming is all you know how to do.
Have a fabulous day filled with chocolate. 🙂
I’ll try to learn to do more than just screaming.
Uh oh, that’s all I know how to do too.
I think screaming works in most emergencies!
40,000 comments is amazing, Peter! Congrats on drawing in the crowds! Your strip definitely deserves the attention and adoration of many fans. :O)
Thanks, Joseph. I used to get a lot more comments, but it seems many of my former commenters have disappeared. I hope it wasn’t anything I said!
Is there a particular post you can pinpoint it to? Like when you said you’ll never share your chocolate? :OP
Perhaps it was the chocolate tax some of the Wombies wanted to extract from everyone leaving a comment?
Wow, 40,000 comments!That’s awesome, Peter! And planning for emergencies is great advice. I think screaming and chocolate are the 2 basic necessities, don’t you? 🙂 Congrats and I love Cha’s painting, too! I commented on her blog, as well! Cheers to chocolate! 😉
Thanks, Lauren. I have a few dedicated fans who have contributed a good deal of those comments! But the total is a result of all the great commenters I have that keep coming back.
Cha is a great artist and a very nice person. I’m sure she’ll appreciate your comment.
Screaming for chocolate is what I like to do!
You should always scream in an emergency or no one will now it’s an emergency. Screaming also releases endorphins & adrenaline which helps you run away faster…
That’s right! If I didn’t scream, it wouldn’t really be an emergency! Adrenaline helps me eat more chocolate!
And the wine gums, marshmallows, pancakes, sprouts and strawberry toffees 🙂
Yeah, those too!
So you admit to loving sprouts then Winky? 🙂 Don’t worry I will tell Fraz, Binky and Twink about it, and I know how excited they will be now that Christmas and sprouts with every meal is almost here 🙂
What? No! I didn’t see that you snuck some sprouts in there! I was distracted by all the other goodies!
Run out of chocolate?? AAcckkkkkk!!!!!!
Don’t worry! I’ll never let us run out of chocolate!
thank goodness, that would be an emergency worth screaming for!
It would be, but I’d probably pass out first before I could scream!
I will scream for us all Winky, we need our chocolate fixes and that is a fact 🙂
We sure do! Without chocolate, I don’t know what I’d do!
We would need to hunt it down that’s for sure, and when we catch it, we can scoff the lot 🙂
Luckily I have my chocolate factory so we don’t ever have to worry about being without chocolate!
Screaming sounds good to me.
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I like the sound of screaming, too!
I like I…ce Cream too 🙂
I scream for ice cream too!
I hope that it is Vanilla ice cream 🙂
Chocolate of course!
In the winter, I think I can survive a day or two without ‘CHOCOLATE’ but in an emergency what I will REALLY miss is the ‘HOT’! W.C.C.
If you eat enough chocolate, you can dance around to stay warm! Plus you could use my battery-operated toe warmers!
There is always time for a good scream Winky and with your loud voice it needs to be heard 🙂 I hope you find the chocolate pancakes and extra juicy wine gums that I left for you, they are near the third Zombie trap 🙂
I did find them but it was kind of scary! I’m surprised the Zombie didn’t figure out a way to get the pancakes before I did.
They aren’t anywhere near as brainy as you Winky, probably because someone ate theirs or maybe they are just too dumb to look for pancakes? Which is kind of lucky for you I think 🙂
Yeah, it was lucky for me! Zombies must be pretty dumb if I can outsmart them!
This is a great cartoon Peter, I always admire the expressions and mannerisms 🙂 Twink and Fraz look great in this one 🙂 lol
Thanks, Andro. It’s usually a struggle to get them to look right since their facial animation is rather limited.
That’s really awesome that you got that many comment!
Cha did an awesome job on that painting.
Mom meant to tell you, but I think she’s getting a little senile.
Thanks, Dink. It’s all thanks to my friends and fans like you!
Cha always does a wonderful job with all her paintings and we’re privileged to have her work here.
When we get older, our memories decide to take a little vacation once in a while.
Anyone who finds your site always want to come back!
She really does! Maybe Twink can teach me to paint like that!
I noticed that. I hope when I grow up I never get old.
Well I think all the best people keep coming back at least.
Twink and mommy should be able to teach you quite a bit about art.
I hope you never get old, but it’s usually hard to prevent.
That’s because it’s such a fun place to hang out!
Yeah, I guess they could, but I want Twink to teach me cos I like her.
If won’t. I promise. If I get old, I’ll still be young at heart!
You should try being nicer to Tink, then. And try not to be messy or gross around her. Girls don’t like that.
Staying young at heart is the best most of us can hope for.
Tink is my sister…she not a girl. Twinks a girl! 🙂
I won’t be messy or gross around Twink! I’ll bring her chocolates!
Really! You mean we can’t hope for anything else?!
Sorry, I meant Twink! Chocolates would be good. Extra special chocolates would be better.
I suppose we can also hope for chocolate and wine gums.
Winky sent Mom a shipment of chocolate that has extra special chocolates. I’ll give her all of it!
Can we hope for Spam-burgers?
Mommy and the other Wombies might not be too happy if you give Twink all of their chocolates.
I think you could probably hope for some Spam burgers, too.
Thank youuuu <3 <3
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LOL – good one!
Thanks, Mike.
Oh, is right!
According to Binky, oh was wrong.
Awww thanks for sharing my drawing!:)
Besides screaming… or passing out… I really don’t have a clue.
xxx
It’s always a pleasure to display your work here, Cha.
You could try running, too. That’s always good.
I believe pre-planning is easier than fixing things afterwards that go wrong (that you could have prevented). 🙂
Congrats on the comments milestone! 🙂
My whole life is disaters that could have been prevented!
Thanks Rosey. I bet you’re way past that mark on your own blog.
Bahahahahaah! I would think that Winky is right..the first thing to do is sound the alarm…aka scream. It’s just a difference in usage of words 😛
That’s right! My screaming is a warning to everyone else!
Hmm…and that’s community service! 😉
I like to help others!
Always a good first step
I think so! Actually, it’s my only step.
I’ll remember this the next time we do a fire drill at work, or do an inservice on safety.
I think screaming is the way to go!
Wait… There are other steps?
According to Binky!
That was basically my go-to plan also.
I think screaming is most people’s plan!
Does that include running around in circles in mindless panic?
I do that, too!