Garfield Afloat!
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
United States
February 10, 2021 12:09pm CST
This one is an old article and I think I heard about this before.
Apparently everyone's favorite orange cat has been turning up on a beach along Brittany (in France) for years. A container full of the lovable feline was lost on a cargo ship in the 1980's and it wasn't until a few years ago that they discovered the container.
Did you have one of these phones?
I didn't, but I feel like my sister did. I had the Sabrina Phone.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/29/garfield-phone-mystery-solved-in-brittany-35-years-later
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
11 Feb 21
Yes, I bought one of those for Pretty when she was a teenager. She used it for years.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
11 Feb 21
If I remember correctly it was pretty big and clunky. My sister might have had one. I had the Sabrina The Teenaged witch phone.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
11 Feb 21
@DaddyEvil Did she have her on phone line?
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
11 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes, it was, but she loved that thing!
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@RebeccasFarm (89832)
• Arvada, Colorado
10 Feb 21
Aw poor Garfield phones. Loved and lost at sea.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
10 Feb 21
Yes and I imagine many of unhappy kids and teens at that time too. Bet this was enough lost phones to keep Garfield off the shelf for awhile.
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@RebeccasFarm (89832)
• Arvada, Colorado
10 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum He is such a cool guy..my son still watches some Garfield every now and again and he is 39 lol
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
10 Feb 21
@RebeccasFarm If I catch the older Garfield show (the one from the 90s) I will watch it too.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
11 Feb 21
I don't know that I've seen that one.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
11 Feb 21
@sallypup Aww that sounds really cute actually. I will have to look for that one.
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@sallypup (60955)
• Centralia, Washington
11 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum It's a good show. Garfield quote: "Candy, candy, candy!" Another quote: "I want my Mommy!" after he sees ghostly pirates.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
10 Feb 21
Garfield is one of those characters that will always be relevant I think.
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@L_i_zz_y (78)
• Indonesia
11 Feb 21
Yes, I read this in the news the other day. Such a bizarre phenomena with such weird timing. I enjoyed Garfield cartoons and the comic strip, but I've never had one of those phones. In the stores I never saw them in the toys section. What I often find are just plushies and stationaries. I'd love to get one if I ever find it.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
12 Feb 21
You might find it on an auction site? Is Ebay available in your country? Though I imagine it would be expensive.
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@L_i_zz_y (78)
• Indonesia
12 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Oh, right. Yeah, Ebay is not so much an option today. The gov tax for every purchase from other countries is pretty high.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
11 Feb 21
I'm actually not a big fan of lasagna. I can't eat it now anyway.
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@Azadona (17)
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14 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum That's great. At least you've made peace with it. I don't mind it at all.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
12 Feb 21
It is a usable land line phone.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
11 Feb 21
My mother bought a sabrina phone. It was technically the household's second phone but we considered it mine since I asked for it.
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@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
11 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Those phones did not exist when I was a kid and growing up I never considered to buy a phone different from a classic phone.
@LindaOHio (177809)
• United States
11 Feb 21
Interesting. I never had a Garfield phone.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
11 Feb 21
My sister was obsessed with the show maybe even more then me. I feel like she had one but I could be mistaken.
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