# Ed's Dong Repair **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eds-dong-repair/691820 "2014-06-27T22:30:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eds-dong-repair/691820/1 "2014-06-27T22:30:55Z")
At the library today, my son brought me a pile of books he’d pulled off the Comics shelf, including a Garfield collection. I flipped through, because I generally think of Garfield these days as lame. These actually weren’t terrible, but I ran into this strip: [Ed’s Dong Repair](http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/708925-expand-dong) I Googled it when I got home, and sure enough “Ed’s Dong Repair” was a Google auto-suggestion. I didn’t even have to finish typing it. Ah, it’s so easy to forget how much I love the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eds-dong-repair/691820/2 "2014-06-28T14:12:51Z")
1.) It’s particularly troubling that they make house calls 2.) Nowadays, people would probably buy a replacement model (with an eye to an upgrade) than fix a broken one. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eds-dong-repair/691820/3 "2014-06-28T15:51:03Z")
I wonder what the context was of that panel? There must have been a family friendly back story. It is quite funny. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eds-dong-repair/691820/4 "2014-06-28T16:11:35Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I wonder what the context was of that panel? There must have been a family friendly back story. > > It is quite funny. My guess is the doorbell only went _ding_ instead of _ding dong_, and the editors were too sick of the strip to notice it ended horribly, horribly, wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eds-dong-repair/691820/5 "2014-06-28T17:54:38Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > I generally think of Garfield these days as lame. You’re right about that. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eds-dong-repair/691820/6 "2014-06-28T18:23:07Z")
> [@Patch](#): > > My guess is the doorbell only went _ding_ instead of _ding dong_, and the editors were too sick of the strip to notice it ended horribly, horribly, wrong. Well guessed. Actually, the full strip is in the OP’s link, if you scroll down. [Pic](http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1999/ga990711.gif) for those who can’t be bothered to scroll. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eds-dong-repair/691820/7 "2014-06-28T18:25:24Z")
> [@Patch](#): > > My guess is the doorbell only went _ding_ instead of _ding dong_, and the editors were too sick of the strip to notice it ended horribly, horribly, wrong. > > > [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > > > Well guessed. Actually, the full strip is in the OP’s link, if you scroll down. [Pic](http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1999/ga990711.gif) for those who can’t be bothered to scroll. That’s what I guessed as well. It’s the only thing that came to my mind. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eds-dong-repair/691820/8 "2014-06-28T19:19:38Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > I generally think of Garfield these days as lame. > [@Gatopescado](#): > > You’re right about that. Yes, but [G-G](http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/) is still brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eds-dong-repair/691820/9 "2014-06-28T19:29:33Z")
That strip was actually funny for about the first 15 month it was out, which IIRC, was around 1978. It was about stupid things cats do, and anyone who owned a cat could relate, but those jokes ran out pretty fast. I’m shocked it’s still in production. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eds-dong-repair/691820/10 "2014-06-29T01:14:19Z")
It lost its appeal and most of its humour when Garfield started acting like a small person with a body hair problem instead of a cat. ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eds-dong-repair/691820/11 "2014-06-29T02:02:23Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Yes, but [G-G](http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/) is still brilliant. Those are good, but I prefer where they just remove Garfield’s text balloons. Makes it all the more surreal.