Garfield by Jim Davis for May 07, 2023

Odie met his fate

Jon, you’re next.

The problem is what are you to pay attention to?

A sign with cliff ahead would be fine too

By the time I got to ‘Attention’, I forgot about the first sign that said ‘Danger’! How would I know beforehand that the signs, if read in order, are supposed to spell out a message?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUL5w91dzbo

duh!

Odie can’t read

FOR THE….. BEST……SHAVE……..ALWAYS……….USE …………BURMA……….SHAVE (remember those???)

Paying attention, is an oxymoron to Odie.

The long arm of the stomach….

The name of this cartoon is Garfield not Odie so Garfield should be in it too. This was one instance where Odie didn’t need Garfield to kick him off the edge of something.

Dogs can’t read!

Be careful Odie, Wile E. Coyote will be suing for stealing his trademark scene – falling off cliffs

The end is near.

He would have if it was all written on a single board.

There was a similar gag to this in a Nancy Classic reprinted this past week. Sluggo walked past two signs which warned “Be Careful” before he fell down a manhole while still reading the second “Be Careful” sign. Down the manhole was another notice which read, “Now will you be careful?”

A reader commented “Entrapment!”

The time and funds for putting up signs would have been better spent on a OSHA approved fence.

Nice try, Garfield. But dogs are smarter than that.

Either that’s a trap or someone didn’t put enough thought into this

Luckily, Odie has Wile E. Coyote / professional wrestler type recuperative powers

Odie read the signs but the danger wasn’t specified early.

How much does it cost and where is this Attention fellow when he’s not at home?

I guess it pays to be able to read fast. Odie read all the other signs while facing forward. The last, long word sign was read facing backward.

I hope Odie’s okay.

Annnd some ppl are like that

In High school had a teacher that did the same kind of thing. First day she handed out a test to see where the class level was and told us to read the whole thing first. It was a twenty line test. Line twenty said only write you name at the top of the page. Most of the people in class flunked that test.

Odie can’t read

Whoops! You should have paid more attention, Odie!

Oh no! Poor puppy!

Odie, I love you, but you gotta pay attention to where you’re going.

Which is why Garfield always read Odie’s ‘Ask the Dog’ letters to him.

Would Jon end up meeting the same fate if he followed those signs?

We could really use signs like that in Illinois…nah; too late.

Just who is this Attention guy, and how much do I have to pay him?

Deja Vu…

Danger Ahead/Please Pay Attention/Or In An Obit/Your Sad Fate Will Be Mentioned/Burma Shave

That’s fine-Odie can bounce back!

EXPLAIN. BETTER. FOR. IDIOT. PEOPLE. NOT. JUST. DOGS. NEXT. TIME!

Burma Shave

Showing my age but Jim you forgot the last one ‘Burma Shave’

How many miles to “South of the Border”?

I could pay attention better if there weren’t all of these distracting signs

It’s like “Sidewalk Ends Here”

Well it’s Odie what did you expect?

Garfield minus Garfield ` starring Odie.

Good opportunity for a Wile E. Coyote crossover event here. Sponsored by Acme, of course.

Burma Shave

See 08/11/1978.

People read signs? Nope. Case in point: Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge.

Following cartoon violence history, shouldn’t Odie float for a few seconds (or maybe 1 frame here) before he falls?!?

Poor Odie…so clueless. :)