Garfield by Jim Davis for July 19, 2023

Give the cat food and no one and nothing gets hurt!

That’s not negotiation. That’s extortion.

Well of course we bears is very dimplomatic and negotiating too. So gimme that picanic baskets or else…

Jon needs to learn to eat his donuts quicker.

Jon has learned from early experience. https://www.gocomics.com/garfield-classics/2016/06/26

My dog follows me and then takes

We will never know who got the donut in the last panel!

Dogs have masters, cats have staff.

donuts, like pizza, should go directly from box to mouth

plates are frivolity

Counter offer, shred the drapes, go to the pound

Listen closely Odie, you’ll be eating Jon’s dinners in no time

Looks more like a threat to me. Jon wisely decided to take a step back. Health is very important for poor Jon.

That is not negotiation, Garfield and you know it!

I bet the next time Garfield does that it won’t work

That’s not negotiating, that’s blackmail.

And by “negotiate”, Garfield means “threaten”.

Dogs beg. Cats threaten.

Why do we have Cat’s as pets? How did this happen.

Threatening is not negotiating.

“Shred the drapes and you shall never eat again in this house.

Adios gato!

Sorry Garfield, but a Jedi you are not, so I would forgo the Forceful Negotiations for now, even with Jon.

Drapes..so 1970s..

Blackmail!

Garfield is no cat that I’ve ever met. But then again he’s just a cartoon, a figment of Jim’s creative imagination.

Negotiation – lowball coercion

I guess he didn’t have enough donuts yesterday

C’mon, Jon. How could you deny that adorable puppy face?

Then humans capitulate.

“I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse.” — The Garfather

he would shred the drapes anyway…

Jon should come back with, “Shred the drapes and I have you de-clawed!”.

Dogs love. Cats tolerate.

Cats don’t negotiate, they demand

I like Calvin’s “Bambi Eyes” on 6/29/1987.

Jon should lace the next donut with ExLax. He’ll have a $#!++y kitty or a crappy cat in no time.

That’s what they call it.

Actually cats never negotiate, they just take and do what they want.

Chuck Jones would appreciate Odie’s eyes in the first panel.