I think that’s the food from his mouth, not a backfire.
Judging from the dogs I’ve known, the moment Odie heard “dingle”, he would have instantaneously turned to the ball, and in his excitement, would have barked - loud, and with his whole body - except his mouth was loaded, so what came out was “blark”. We missed seeing Odie turn to see where Garfield would threw the ball.
I think the artist deliberately left that moment (and therefore seeing the source of that brown stuff) to the imagination. What further confounds is that Odie’s butt is pointed directly, no, aimed directly at Garfield in the previous frame. Tsk, tsk,… shame on you Mr. Davis :-)
So the question is, …..
Is it food,… or is it Memorex?
When our family dog used to be chowing down, you could set off a small nuclear explosiion next to him and he wouldn’t even look up. Maybe scoot his bowl out of the way a little….
Llewellenbruce over 14 years ago
Bet he won’t do that again.
magnamax over 14 years ago
Blark?
LittleSister18 over 14 years ago
Somehow! Garfield had that coming to him.
tbree over 14 years ago
This is why you should not play with a loaded Odie. It might go off.
garfield246 over 14 years ago
Odie reminds me of my kitten.
shmlss over 14 years ago
blark = blech + bark hehe
magnamax over 14 years ago
ooooooookay
Celticwho over 14 years ago
Sometimes you’d think Garfield would put a LEETLE more thought into his actions…Not sure what his intention was this time, though.
Rakkav over 14 years ago
Probably he wanted to see if Odie preferred play over food. Well, now we know.
kpreethy over 14 years ago
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww………………….GROSS………yuck!!………….ttttttttthhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhbbbbbbbbbbttttttttt!!XD
Dkram over 14 years ago
Can you say, Back fire.
I knew you could.
PS: Love the kitty Johanan.
\\//_
GargiSanzgiri over 14 years ago
knowing Garfield, he’ll lick off Odie’s food from his fur…hehe
llong65 over 14 years ago
nope……now it’s BATH TIME another bad moment for Garfield.
bestis2come over 14 years ago
I think that’s the food from his mouth, not a backfire. Judging from the dogs I’ve known, the moment Odie heard “dingle”, he would have instantaneously turned to the ball, and in his excitement, would have barked - loud, and with his whole body - except his mouth was loaded, so what came out was “blark”. We missed seeing Odie turn to see where Garfield would threw the ball. I think the artist deliberately left that moment (and therefore seeing the source of that brown stuff) to the imagination. What further confounds is that Odie’s butt is pointed directly, no, aimed directly at Garfield in the previous frame. Tsk, tsk,… shame on you Mr. Davis :-) So the question is, ….. Is it food,… or is it Memorex?
bmel4185 Premium Member over 14 years ago
Actually bestis2come, Odie grabbed the ball and RAN
bestis2come over 14 years ago
Johanan, love the cat. How did you get him to lean like that?
terrygdffh over 14 years ago
Garfield, You’re having a row of mondays arn’t you?
freeholder1 over 14 years ago
Life’s sad truth. Sometimes you blark the dog: sometimes the dog blarks you.
battycomic Premium Member over 14 years ago
LOL!!
Adorable kitty, Johanan.
Dapperdan61 Premium Member over 14 years ago
Now that was funny. I can’t remember the last time Garfield made me LOL
GarfieldP over 14 years ago
that was hilarious! why does Garfield try so hard with the dingle ball! I mean, is this the first time its happened? no! :P
J_Verschueren over 14 years ago
When our family dog used to be chowing down, you could set off a small nuclear explosiion next to him and he wouldn’t even look up. Maybe scoot his bowl out of the way a little….
lin4869 over 14 years ago
Looks like Johanan’s kitty is actually reclining and looked up at the photographer. Then the photo was rotated?
pouncingtiger over 14 years ago
Odie blarks like Stimpy (Stimpson J. Cat from Ren & Stimpy) bwarfs.
Cuddleman over 14 years ago
Hey Odie……….Way to go!!
rtucker913 almost 13 years ago
Maybe Odie was shocked about 9/11.
shaodyn almost 2 years ago
Probably sounded like a good idea in Garfield’s head.