Garfield by Jim Davis for January 11, 2025

Great name Garfield

But does Jon know which way to turn the lid?

Why not just get plastic jar of pickles instead

As far as an ambition, it’s the real dill

I would too to be honest

Ever meet anyone who was just whelmed !!

Just make sure you know your own strength so you don’t end up breaking the jar.

what happens if you hold the lid and turn the jar?

It sounds like Monty Python’s Bicycle repair man.

Better than captain Pugwash!

Such a waste of super strength.

Me already open em with me bear hands.

…this is one thing Jon and I have in common

How about sauerkraut jars? The Count has one in the pantry that has been there for a couple of years and the lid is still like it was welded on.

In Jon’s defense, jars like that (pickle or otherwise) can be kind of difficult to open sometimes.

I have a tool for that Jon. These old hands need an assist.

That’s my life. I give jars to my wife to open.

Pickle jars aren’t a problem. The problem is jars with something sticky inside like honey or Marmite. If you aren’t careful, it gets on the cap threads and glues the jar shut.

Righty tighty, lefty loosee

Jon, have you considered getting one of those jar openers?

Wouldn’t we all?

The next time anyone has blood drawn, ask the phlebotomist if you can have the rubber/elastic band. (They toss them so it’s not like they can use them again). Wrap it around any jar or lid and it will open like you have Superman strength. When I had blood drawn last summer, the phlebotomist is the one who told that to me and gave me the band. I now have 4 of them. One is in my suitcase for travels.

I’d open salsa jars.

Those things are so HARD to get open… but I LOVE chips and salsa!

oh this one’s a dilly

Are you going to wait around for someone that needs a jar opened? Or just go to the grocery and open all of them?

Don’t expect the Justice League or the Avengers to come calling.

I think Jon was trying to be funny, Garfield.

First wholesome Garfield Minus Garfield strip. I said what I said.

That might actually be a beneficial super power.

More like break them grasping the jar.

We all open pickle jars but the could do it easily . :)

That’s John, born to be mild ! ;-)

I could have been a superhero, but I could never find a phone booth.

the strips have declined, but who can blame an 80 year old man who aside from being old, is also running out of ideas… so in that sense, he still does a great job on the strip.

Try several times unsuccessfully, then hand it to Liz, who can open it in a second, and say, “I guess you loosened it for me.”