Garfield by Jim Davis for August 18, 2023

Ask him to open a bottle of ketchup next, Liz. We DARE you!

Cause I’m weak under pressure in front of an audience.

You is embarassment for mans, Jon.

Do it long enough and your face will freeze like that

Remember bottle and can openers, AKA “Church Keys?” I keep one in the kitchen. When a jar won’t open, I put the pointy end of the church key under the rim of the lid and pop the seal. After that, the jar opens easily.

She loosened it for you as well….

Rare Garfieldless strip

Maybe Jon should worry less about Garfield being fat and more about himself being weak.

Compare to today’s “Thatababy”:

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I used to have to do the knife trick but not I do Brazilian Ju-Jitsu and my grip is way better. My Fiance is so impressed when I bust open the pickles in one hard twist, it is just ridiculous when it is pickle time. She loves how masculine I am when it is pickle time.

Now, Liz knows the answer to her question, “Sure, why not?”.

Jon, it’s lefty Loosy, righty tighty- try turning the lid the other way.

Jon is a timid fellow. He can’t show his true strength in front of Liz.

A variation of the last verse of County Fair by the Beach Boys. Worth looking up.

Good thing Garfield isn’t there to mock you, Jon…although Liz might…

thank goodness he didn’t put the vowels in on his attempt to open the jar or BLM would be going crazy right now.

I remember my first girlfriend finding it cute she was stronger than I was (and that was before I busted my shoulder and found stuff like this almost impossible 99% of the time)

wait, I think his head will explode. :D

java -jar c:\this_jar (replace _ with a . somehow you cannot put a . there)

Funniest Garfield in months, and the cat’s not in it.

Don’t poop yourself, Jon.

The most common reason for a jar not being able be opened is because of it having too much oxygen in it. One way to fix that is to turn the jar upside down and smack it hard a couple of times with your hand while holding it with your other and that should shift the oxygen and lid should open.

I like Jon’s face in the last panel.

Liz, you should have known better than to ask Jon to open that jar with how weak he is.

Jon’s constipated?

I thwack the lid with a knife back until it moves a bit, and then I can open it.

I am the same way with jars of salsa, which sucks because I love salsa, especially with tortilla chips.

A local made a under counter opener with a couple of hacksaw blades. Put twist off top in, turn and done. As for canning jars, I run the lid under hot water and hey presto!

He can open it, but it won’t be pretty.

I bet it opens all at once and the contents go flying all over Liz.You should always keep the opening of a mustard jar pointed in a safe direction.

just based on her expression, you know that she isn’t expecting ANYTHING AT ALL!

Maybe if you can use can openers, it would beee easier

I have a Thing-A-Ma Jig that makes opening jars easy. But this is Jon he likes making those faces.

Liz should just give it to Garfield. He can open anything with food in it.

break the vacuum seal with a spoon

Oh wait – I just noticed: It’s expired! I’m going to do you a favor and throw it out!

Run some hot water on the lid and flip it upside down a couple times. Then twist afterwards

What I got from the comment section today is that Garfield readers:-Are the type to eat out of cans and jars-Are not very good at opening jars-Love a thingymehjig or hack to open jars-Will comment more on a Garfield strip if Garfield isn’t in it (Jon stans unite)

even Garfield could open a jar

Poor Jon! But Liz loves him anyway!

Righty tighty, lefty loosey, Jon.

Butter muscles fails to impress his lady friend again…..

Memory lapse Liz?

She thinks in the last panel, “I forgot that I’m dating a wimp.”

Be careful with the church key! It could break off little bits of glass and drop them in the contents!

I usually take the jar to the sink, where we have a “boiling hot water” dispenser. That works wonders. Running that extremely hot water over the rim of the lid makes it come loose. I am not sure how much it is because the metal expands or because the heat melts whatever goo is sticking the lid in place, or maybe a combination, but it works well.

What has been seen, cannot be unseen – no matter how much you wish you could…

Jon actually never said “Yes” so if he fails, he’ll simply respond “No. Can you?” ;-p

His face in the last frame resembles a pimple on the verge of popping. “Hit the deck!”

And this is why I have a jar opening machine. It does a great job and I don’t make funny faces and still wind up with an unopened jar. Plus, I’m 70, and I refuse to fight with inanimate objects anymore.

My hands are stronger then Jon should have asked Garfield

Ok this one is semi-good not repetitive