3304: Limanda alba

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Limanda alba
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Made by: Nyperold


Explanation[edit | edit source]

In the original, Jon requested a dab, that is, a small amount, of mustard, but Garfield threw a large amount on and asked what a dab was. Here, a kind of fish called a dab came out, only one made of mustard. (The final panel has been excised.) The title is a scientific classification of this fish, combining the genus of righteye flounders (including dabs), and the species name of a plant, Sinapis alba, used to make white/yellow mustard.

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Original strip: 1991-02-07.

Transcript[edit | edit source]

{Jon holds out his hot dog in Garfield's direction, which, given Garfield's penchant for eating food not intended for him, is perhaps unwise}
Jon: Let me have a dab of mustard
{While the usual concern does not occur, the request was ill-phrased, as Garfield shakes the open jar of mustard at the hot dog, and a dab made of mustard comes out, sploiting all over Jon}
SFX: SPLOIT!