4168: How about some poisson?

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How about some poisson?
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Made by: Fußmatte


Explanation[edit | edit source]

This strip swaps out the steak and cheeseburger from the original Garfield strip for two foods that are toxic to both cats and dogs. Chocolate is well-known to be poisonous to dogs, and grapes are well-known to be poisonous to cats; chocolate being poisonous to cats and grapes being poisonous to dogs are less well-known in comparison.

The title additionally references a third such food, and the author's notes explains why it should not be misread as "poison" as well as explaining that raw fish is toxic to both cats and dogs; despite the author's notes explaining why "poisson" shouldn't be misread as "poison", this strip is still centered around foods considered poisonous to both cats and dogs.

The author writes:[edit | edit source]

Nooo, not 'poison.' 'Poisson.' It's French for 'fish.'

But don't feed them raw fish, it's poisonous to cats and dogs.

Original strip: 2020-05-27.

Transcript[edit | edit source]

{Garfield and Odie are hosting an Ask-a-Dog segment}
Garfield {reading}: Dear Ask a Dog, what's better: chocolate éclairs, or a bowl of juicy grapes?
{Garfield and Odie go wide-eyed and start salivating}
{Garfield and Odie are gone, and a sign takes their place}
Sign: LUNCH BREAK / BACK IN ONE HOUR

Trivia[edit | edit source]

This strip's transcript was hit by a mojibake error in a later site recoding effort; the original transcript unaffected by mojibake is currently lost to the public due to this.