# Explain this Garfield comic strip. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647 "2014-05-04T16:40:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/21 "2014-05-05T00:26:18Z")
The bit I wonder, is how Jon could possibly mistake any canine bodily fluid or medicine for coffee. Coffee is very dark-colored, while most veterinary fluids would be lighter or transparent. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/22 "2014-05-05T00:43:45Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Surely Jim Davis was also cleverly calling attention to the unfortunate state of present-day knowledge of biology, with this depiction of a man who believes that conception occurs in the stomach. In the stomach of _males_. > > Sad, really. Davis performed a great service in highlighting it. I don’t think Davis has worked on the strip since the 80’s. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/23 "2014-05-05T01:06:15Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > I don’t think Davis has worked on the strip since the 80’s. (it was a joke) (or an attempt at one, anyway) ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/24 "2014-05-05T01:50:45Z")
> [@Monstera\_deliciosa](#): > > This very strip was the [subject of the thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6957987#post6957987) that made me decide to join the SDMB eight years ago. I laughed so loud that I scared my own dogs. (RIP, Jenny and Lacey.) Steamin cup of Fido Jizz. A phrase to remember. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/25 "2014-05-05T01:51:18Z")
> [@Monstera\_deliciosa](#): > > This very strip was the [subject of the thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6957987#post6957987) that made me decide to join the SDMB eight years ago. I laughed so loud that I scared my own dogs. (RIP, Jenny and Lacey.) I thought this issue (heh) sounded familiar… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/26 "2014-05-05T03:00:17Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Coffee is very dark-colored, while most veterinary fluids would be lighter or transparent. I’ll give your obvious expertise the proper deferens. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/27 "2014-05-05T03:02:45Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The bit I wonder, is how Jon could possibly mistake any canine bodily fluid or medicine for coffee. Extreme mental retardation? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/28 "2014-05-05T03:29:20Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > . . . a man who believes that conception occurs in the stomach. In the stomach of _males_. But that’s exactly what makes it funny. If it had been a female dog pouring dog semen into her vagina, it really wouldn’t be funny. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/29 "2014-05-05T15:22:20Z")
Who the hell just grabs a cup with unknown contents and drinks it? It makes no sense on so many levels. ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/30 "2014-05-05T17:39:52Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I thought this issue (heh) sounded familiar… What is even more startling is that the OP of this thread actually posted in that one. I’m wondering if he just forgot about it, or if the question has been nagging at him for eight years! ---
**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:** [May 5, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/31 "2014-05-05T18:21:22Z")
Correlation does not imply causation. Jon drinking the coffee is actually unrelated to Liz’s line. The results of his pregnancy test had simply come in that day. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/32 "2014-05-05T18:43:55Z")
> [@stui\_magpie](#): > > Steamin cup of Fido Jizz. Doo dah! Doo Dah! (stolen from the first thread) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/33 "2014-05-05T18:46:46Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The bit I wonder, is how Jon could possibly mistake any canine bodily fluid or medicine for coffee. This is a guy who’s the gamma individual in a household with a cat and a mentally defective dog. Maybe delta if there’s a goldfish around that Garfield hasn’t eaten yet. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/34 "2014-05-05T19:33:31Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > But that’s exactly what makes it funny. If it had been a female dog pouring dog semen into her vagina, it really wouldn’t be funny. [FACETIOUS] I _knew_ I should have put Facetious Tags around that post. [/FACETIOUS] ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/35 "2014-05-06T01:16:37Z")
> [@Monstera\_deliciosa](#): > > What is even more startling is that the OP of this thread actually posted in that one. I’m wondering if he just forgot about it, or if the question has been nagging at him for eight years! I forgot. :scuttles off to read my old post: Ah, we didn’t get it then, either. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/36 "2014-05-07T05:50:49Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I imagine only professional breeders would be interested in [such things](http://www.petwave.com/Dogs/Health/Infertility-Female/Treatment.aspx). I once read a brochure (ASPCA)? about dog and cat overpopulation. There was a grisly photo of gassed kittens and puppies with the caption, “60,000 every day.” I have always taken the matter seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/37 "2014-05-07T05:59:40Z")
I remember reading that strip in a garfield comic collection when I was a little kid and my interpretation was that he drank some sort of canine prenatal vitamin mixture. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/38 "2014-05-07T14:59:49Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > This is a guy who’s the gamma individual in a household with a cat and a **mentally defective dog**. Maybe delta if there’s a goldfish around that Garfield hasn’t eaten yet. Tautology. (I’m a cat person ;)) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/39 "2014-05-07T15:08:17Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > This is a guy who’s the gamma individual in a household with a cat and a mentally defective dog. Maybe delta if there’s a goldfish around that Garfield hasn’t eaten yet. Or maybe epsilon if there’s a pan of lasagna laying around that Garfield hasn’t eaten yet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/40 "2014-05-07T17:20:27Z")
> [@Monstera\_deliciosa](#): > > This very strip was the [subject of the thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6957987#post6957987) that made me decide to join the SDMB eight years ago. I laughed so loud that I scared my own dogs. (RIP, Jenny and Lacey.) The part which made me laugh hardest was the header for post #3: ```auto Username: Good Egg Status: BANNED ``` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647.md?page=3)