4235: Gartholemew and the Arbleckle
| Gartholemew and the Arbleckle |
 Made by: Nyperold |
Explanation[edit | edit source]
In the original strip, Jon and Garfield were sent mashed potatoes and what Garfield guessed was gravy. Here, Jon is sent pink-stained snow while Garfield is sent oobleck.
The pink-stained snow is from the Dr. Seuss book The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. In it, the Cat eats cake in the tub, creating a pink ring around it. Attempts to remove it only spread the pink to other objects, including the snow outside.
Oobleck is a type of fictional weather in Bartholemew and the Oobleck, which is what the strip title is a play on. It is created when the king in the book decides he's tired of normal weather. Unfortunately, the oobleck is sticky, and causes all kinds of trouble.
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Original strip: 1997-12-08.
Transcript[edit | edit source]
{Jon opens an envelope as Garfield observes}
Jon: Mom usually slips a little something into my Christmas card
{He gets it open}
Jon: All right! She didn't forget
{He extracts a pink mound of something}
Jon: Snow, pink-stained!
{Garfield happily holds up another envelope by its corner. A green substance drips onto the counter}
Garfield: Ooo, could mine have oobleck?!
