Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for November 19, 2019

“I guess the worst thing that can happen when cleaning out the refrigerator is coming across something, way in the back, that you cannot identify at all. You literally do not know what it is! Could be meat…could be cake…” George Carlin

If nothing else, ask Garfield.

That’s Felix on the left, Poindexter on the right.

Silly cats. If it was food, it would’ve been rotten by now.

Why do I feel tomorrow’s strip will have the cover of ‘Scientific Dog’?

“It’s either old meat or new cheese.” Oscar Madison

I loved their 12 hour study on whether or not it is too cold to go outside.

I like reading labels at the supermarket. “Processed Cheese FOOD.” It’s a cheese-like substance that is supposedly eatable.

Then there is non-dairy creamer – um, isn’t cream supposedly made from milk?

Then there is the whole controversy over genetically-engineered food. We’ve been genetically engineering food for a couple thousand years. Originally an ear of corn was the size of a small pickle. Now it can’t even reproduce without human intervention.

Hmm..is it paw lickin’ chicken?

I remember a battle between my mother and our cat when she tried to introduce a cheaper brand of food, rather than his favored Felix. The cat lasted a week. My mother lasted a week less 8 hours.

Will curiosity kill the cats?

If you can see the bottom of the bowl in the center, the rest is ‘not-food.’

Wait and see if a dog will eat it (although that is not conclusive proof…)