We don’t know who’s on the other end of the line. There’s no reason the pizza place couldn’t have their own cat to take Garfield’s orders. He marks them down by putting his paw on an ink pad and marking up a menu. And they already know the address.
In all the years that Garfield has been in syndication, this is the first time I’ve noticed explicit indication that Garfield’s thought-speech a) isn’t understood by Jon and b) is actually just meowing. I’ve often wondered if we were required to engage in a suspension of disbelief at a talking cat or assume that the Garfield universe worked basically like ours. (The fact that he goes to movies with Jon, for example, indicates that the former may be true.) I’ve always concluded that the ambiguity was part of the charm of the strip.
Zachstar777 over 8 years ago
oder guy understands meows? WOW!
Rob Rex over 8 years ago
The meows are superfluous. The pizza guy knows what to do by now when Jon’s number calls.
codycab over 8 years ago
And don’t forget the breadsticks.
jz27wk Premium Member over 8 years ago
Don’t worry. The pizza guy knows how to get the order “purrfect”.
Kaputnik over 8 years ago
We don’t know who’s on the other end of the line. There’s no reason the pizza place couldn’t have their own cat to take Garfield’s orders. He marks them down by putting his paw on an ink pad and marking up a menu. And they already know the address.
Cameron1988 Premium Member over 8 years ago
Jon the 20th century called, they want their phone back
rondm66 over 8 years ago
If there is a cat on the other end, it may get delivered.
rachelho1229 over 8 years ago
perhaps the pizza guy got garfield’s default choice so he knows just by hearing meows
Number Three over 8 years ago
Licking his paws. What does it look like?xxx
chromosome Premium Member over 8 years ago
Cat calls
NotNurmal over 8 years ago
Who delivers the order, a dog?
jim_pem over 8 years ago
In all the years that Garfield has been in syndication, this is the first time I’ve noticed explicit indication that Garfield’s thought-speech a) isn’t understood by Jon and b) is actually just meowing. I’ve often wondered if we were required to engage in a suspension of disbelief at a talking cat or assume that the Garfield universe worked basically like ours. (The fact that he goes to movies with Jon, for example, indicates that the former may be true.) I’ve always concluded that the ambiguity was part of the charm of the strip.
The comic warrior over 5 years ago
Maby. But why is he meowing? I thought that he could talk…