Garfield by Jim Davis for February 13, 2011

That cat can eat!

Garfield has chipmunk cheeks again.

Clever!

Looks like for once Garfield won fair and square.

Gone in the blink of an eye…

Who’da thought staring would get you more than slobbering?

Garfield is a one of a kind cat as far as donut, lasanga and anything labeled food goes. That is one not finiky cat.

its seems to me that he has slown down…the coffee mug never moved

I’m not so sure, StormyDaze. Garfield may not be finicky when it comes to human food but offer him a mouse to eat and you could completely ruin his appetite….for about 30 seconds.

Hmmm,,, Just like my EX.

ladyfingers86 - we had a cat who LOVED sweets - of ANY kind…had to watch her. She would sneak and lick the frosting off of cookies or cakes - and she LOVED tapioca pudding - from the time she was a teeny, tiny kitten…she lived to be 15, so the sweets didn’t slow her down much.

My cat loves vanilla wafers.

Growing up I had a cat that would attack the pudding in the Banquet Mexican TV dinners. Dad would often have that and it was a chore to keep her away long enough for him to eat it. She was a Siamese-marked domestic shorthair (She looked Siamese except she didn’t have to crossed eyes, the kinked tail and the meow, unless she was unhappy.). I don’t know if her being Siamese had anything to do with it, but I wouldn’t be surprised.

Cats enjoying sweets is a bit of a surprise – I read someplace that cats, almost alone among mammals, lack taste buds for sweetness. (That would explain a lot about cat personalities, actually.) Maybe they groove on the fat in the goodies?

BTW, frrykid, Siamese cats with crossed eyes and kinked tails are not typical of the breed – in a cat show setting, those would be disqualifying faults – but that voice, yikes, yes. (We have two Siamese, probably near-mixes – rescue cats…we love ‘em!)

Jon I saw that one coming a mile away.

frrykid Yes, Siamese-breed cat has so powerful to screech very loudly. I had our beloved Siamese cat named Macbeth. She screeched so loudly. My mum yelled at her “Hey, stop it!” But Macbeth ignored her and kept screeching to make us get her attention. Oh brother! LOLs!

Real cats don’t like to be stared at. Try looking a cat in they eyes and it’ll look away first every time.

runar: Real cats don’t have their own comic strip, either. :)

Funny comments today :-)

Love TexTech’s 30-second rule, Rise22’s sweets-thief, and frrykid’s Banquet Mexican pudding-plunderer!

My cat’s not an overeater, but she does beg to taste food with spaghetti sauce, or gravy. She also recently shocked me by demanding to taste my ice cream! She must be talking to Garfield.

@Runar, my cat feels responsible to tuck me in at night and to snuggle regularly - she will stare into my eyes for so long, I get bored. I think if the cat does not fear you and feels the need to care for you (as for a kitten), they will win the staring contest. Wonder if it’s only females? Actually, come to think of it, males can be very aggressive with their stares if you have something they want and they don’t fear you - they may even push you aside to get it.

That explains what happened to my breakfast :o)

ME WANT DONUT.

If I displeased our Siamese he’d jump up on the mantle piece and GLARE at me as he picked at the rigging of my favorite model ship with one claw!

have to hide any bread from mine

What was Jon waiting for anyway?

Way to get snacks, huh

I’m trying that next time I go to a friend’s house.

that frosting be lookin sus