Garfield by Jim Davis for October 03, 2020

Hammer time!…this is not.

Jon still doesn’t say the hammer’s name

I’d hate to know how Jon would injure himself with a twisty thing (screwdriver).

Saw an advertisement today for Band-aids. Must have been dated somewhere around 1930’s. Little boy with a hammer, mismatch batch of wood, and his tongue sticking out the side of his mouth. Silly me could only think of a trick I learn long ago. Save the fingers when hammering a nail – use a comb to hold the nail!

Being handy with tools does not mean you should be destroying your hands with tools.

Jon smash. Himself.

Smashy-thingy? Oboy.

Very HAND-y indeed

And he’s also very familiar with trips to the hospital to treat injuries from the smashy-thingy!

The problem is obvious. Jon is holding the hammer in his left hand, and it’s pretty obvious that the “smashy-thingy” is a right hand hammer. Go to Home Depot Jon, and ask for a left-handed hammer!

When it comes to tools, Jon is all thumbs!

I always thought the hammer should have been called the Thumb smasher. But the Ad man said you can’t sell it with that name. No truth in advertising.

“Hamar” Old Norse word meaning “ouch stone”

I have one – A manually operated, fastener driving, impact device!

My dad called it a BANG @#$%!

I identify greatly with Jon. My wife keeps all of my implements of destruction (Arlo ref) behind lock and key. It’s for my safety.

Jon, if you don’t even have the brains to know what the tool is called, you don’t get to use it.

Some tools get rather strange names by the various groups that use them.

For instance I went into a Tractor Supply and asked if they carried Picket Pounders. It turned out they called them Post Drivers. Another example was when as a Frat Pledge we were sent out on a scavenger hunt and one of the items was listed as a “Horse Cock”. It turned out that in the Mining Industry that’s a 48 inch Pipe Wrench.

You want my advice, Jon? Wear protective metal gloves, and that would reduce the chances of smashing your fingers with the ‘smashy-thing’.

He is redecorating.

Yes

That’s what happens when you use a right handed hammer with your left hand.

That’s a nut cracker, let’s hope that’s not what happened though.

Y’all seem to think Jon hit his finger or thumb. Really, he hit himself in the head.

We call it a hammer, Jon! You are starting to talk like Donald Trump does. Pull it together…or else! #crazyjon :)

Imagine if he named it “Mjolnir”… or tried to, anyway.

I’ll think you’ll need some pointy thingies with that smashy-thingy.

IT’S HAMMER TIME !!!

Nice name for the hammer, but I would prefer Mjölnir.

More like smashy-thingy-ouchy for Jon

Saying, “It’s smashy-thingy time!” just doesn’t have the same ring.

I think Jon’s hammer should be named AAAAAAAOWIEOWIEOWIEOWIEHELPMEHELPMEHELPMEHELPME, because Jon says it whenever he uses it!

Handy… did he smash his hand?

Its called a hammer, Jon

i like that the sound effect is smash