# Explain this Garfield comic strip.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647>\
**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:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/41 "2014-05-07T18:15:11Z")

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I’m interpreting it as kind of making fun of people who help themselves to things. The woman didn’t offer him a cup of coffee, he helped himself to it implying he just felt it was okay. But it wasn’t coffee, so he should have asked before taking. I’m not reading it as a woman playing a joke on him.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/42 "2014-05-07T18:17:11Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> 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.

Coffee with cream is light colored.

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**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/43 "2014-05-07T21:54:37Z")

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It was funny until Garfield chimed in.

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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/44 "2014-05-07T23:08:10Z")

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> [@drewtwo99](#):
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> It was funny until Garfield chimed in.

[Garfield minus Garfield](http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/) is always the way to go.

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**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 8, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-garfield-comic-strip/687647/45 "2014-05-08T14:27:08Z")

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I’m pretty sure that Jon is also below the mice, in the domestic hierarchy. Maybe the spiders, too, though nobody seems to care about them except Garfield.

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