Lio by Mark Tatulli for August 03, 2009

  1. Emerald
    margueritem  over 15 years ago

    Is Lio going to walk all the way to the Vet’s?

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    Sisyphos  over 15 years ago

    Cybil is dangerous! If she doesn’t want to go by “pet taxi,” Lio had better have a powerful “Plan B”!

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    ladywolf17  over 15 years ago

    It is to laugh……. haaa haaa haaa haaa !!!!!!!!!!

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    lonewolf77  over 15 years ago

    <<<is loading the blow darts for Lio….

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    carmy  over 15 years ago

    I know Cybil won’t be laughing in the next panel.

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    Simon_Jester  over 15 years ago

    I notice that Lio’s father Dad left this job for him to handle.

    Sometimes, dear ol’ Dad’s not as clueless as he looks

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    Bender_Sastre  over 15 years ago

    Prolly be more subtle to break into dad’s stash of Jack Daniels and get the cat drunk first, take away her keys and then have her “take a taxi”.

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    ninmas  over 15 years ago

    will this be a storyline?

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    conean  over 15 years ago

    Bring on the canned tuna and the ace promazine!

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    Thomas H Wolper  over 15 years ago

    Lio’s lucky he didn’t end up locked in the cage.

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    Sherlock Watson  over 15 years ago

    Add some dialogue and this would be a Garfield strip.

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    susanwobb  over 15 years ago

    I learnt a trick once for getting the cat into the “pet taxi” – pick her up and put her in butt first instead of head first. That way, by the time she realizes she’s going in, she’s already mostly in. Slam the door, quick!

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    Smiley Rmom  over 15 years ago

    We tricked a cat of ours (who wasn’t tame) into getting in the pet taxi by holding it over the cat door. (On the outside) My hubby held the crate, my sons & I “herded” the cat inside the garage (with all the doors - except the cat door - closed). The cat thought she was making her escape, but landed in the pet taxi instead.

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    Kevin Parker Premium Member over 15 years ago

    Recently read of a cat who had a warning sticker and human blood stains on her vet folder– sounds like Cybil. I’ve had cats turn into whirling razor blades when you try to get them into the carrier… but they love to get in it at the vet’s so they can come home!

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    benbrilling  over 15 years ago

    I see some excellent ideas here in the comments. Personally my first thought was a pair of welder’s gloves.

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    Donna Haag  over 15 years ago

    Lio, I thought you were smarter than that. Like she was ever going to do this.

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    Jonathan Bridge Premium Member over 15 years ago

    You talking to me? You talking to me?

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    kfaatz925  over 15 years ago

    Doctortoon, your solution was inspired. I wonder if it worked twice, though! ;)

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    hildigunnurr Premium Member over 15 years ago

    Our cat doesn’t scream a lot on her way to the vet - as it’s located 2 minutes walk from our house. When she’s done we just open the door and she can run home herself. Pretty nice - and she normally doesn’t sulk more than half an hour or so… :þ

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    meshugunah  over 15 years ago

    I still beat the scars from our last excursion to the vet’s office…That’s not so bad, however. Our late, beloved Siamese, Beau, had to have an Elizabethan collar and a heavy towel wrap once a month to have his claws trimmed, and I still wound up bleeding most months. He was a sweetheart the rest of the time, but well and truly convinced that I was out to murder him with the claw clippers!

    Some folks supposedly have crate-trained cats, the way people do with their dogs. I have yet to meet one…

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    sensrule92  over 15 years ago

    Wonderful strip today! Love Cybil’s face in the third panel…

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    hhoudre  about 15 years ago

    She is not easylly persuaded Lio

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    sunchaunzo  over 3 years ago

    I gave up years ago trying to put my kids in carriers. I just let them run loose in the car.

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