Overheard daily in homes across our great nation: “Honey? Have you seen my Garfield? No, not the one in the ‘I LOVE LASAGNA’ T-shirt, my other Garfield. You know, the one with the orange fur? And black stripes? No, no, not the one with suction cups on his paws for attaching to car windows, the other Garfield. The one with half-closed eyes. Yeah, I looked under the sofa, but all I found was three Garfield coffee mugs, a Garfield key chain, and a roll of Garfield wrapping paper. Damn it, and now I’m going to be late to work. One of these days we really have to get all these Garfields organized. I tell you, it’ll help when we sell the house: everyone wants a Garfield room.”
(Found By: Ashley M, who made my son’s day because he’s about as big of a Garfield fan as you can find. If only there was Garfield Lego — man, that would be the best thing ever. Disturbingly, I was drinking tea from a Garfield “VOTE REPUBLICAN” mug when I saw this listing. It’s my son’s, I swear.)
Loveliest comment, by Charlie Cornelius: That’s creepy. How can anyone be so obsessed with something. All that wasted shelf space. There could be books on those. Hundreds and hundreds of books, stiff hardbacks, pliant softbacks, shiny, delicately scented… What? What?
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I wonder what would happen if someone introduced some Heathcliff stuff in there.
I was thinking more Marmaduke.
Well… at least they’re not REAL cats. Could you imagine the stench of that?!
That’s creepy. How can anyone be so obsessed with something. All that wasted shelf space. There could be books on those. Hundreds and hundreds of books, stiff hardbacks, pliant softbacks, shiny, delicately scented… What? What?
Probably a professional collector – seriously, one of the employers in my workplace had a “one-beanie toy purchase per visit” in their gift shop – people were buying up entire collectible sets rather than just the one toy.
uh… guilty as charged.
Lol, amen to that. sounds like my library….
You’re obsessed with books, I mean, honestly, those shelves should be covered in LEGOs. LEGO city, LEGO trains, LEGO Star Wars, outer space LEGO, LEGO castle…
Why take a picture of that room? There’s nothing special about it architecturally … so why scare people off with the Garfield room? I don’t get it. I just don’t.
I’m with you, Madness. Aside from being an Ode to Excess and some form of Obsessive Collecting Disorder, that part I don’t get is why feature the picture? It was the same deal with the wall of crosses, it isn’t so much that it is an inherently bizarre thing. People collect stuff, I suppose. I don’t, but lots of people do.
It’s just in no way, shape, or form a selling feature.
All that shot says to me is, that there’s some evidence of dust mites right there. What are they trying to do? Warn people with airborne allergies to stay away?
“Why feature the picture?” Because the crazy Garfield-loving homeowner has a sawed off shotgun to your head, *that’s* why! Showcase that collection, damnit, showcase!
Besides, it probably accounts for $50,000 worth of the listing price. I think that’s a load-bearing Garfield on the lower right.
That last sentence made me really thankful I wasn’t drinking anything…
My childhood bedroom was an obvious ad on to the house, and if I wanted to get to the bathroom, I would have to walk through my sister’s room. One night, I attempted to sneak through, only to walk into a table with a Garfield book end perched atop it, which flew to the floor and shattered. My sister woke and berated me for my clumsiness, furious that I had broken Garfield, leaving the Odie bookend undamaged. “With out the other book end, it’s just a statuette! And Odie is nothing without Garfield!”
Make that “add” on, not “ad” on. That room made me stupid for a moment.
Garfield book end: third shelf up on the left. Call Sis.
Wait! I found three more in the vacuum cleaner bag.
I was baffled too, then I noticed that this listing comes from the great state of Kansas. Now I’m just surprised that it’s Garfield and not Jesus.
I’m kinda baffled to say it and a little ashamed. But I have a Garflield Plushie collection of my own consisting of over 100 Plush Toys of Garfield all dating back the 80′s when Dakin used to make the toys of Garfield. :B
I dont collect the novelty items though. :C
You mean like that two-foot tall Garfield Pez dispenser second shelf down on the right?
wait – Garfield’s a Republican??
It appears so. The mug was found in a thrift store, so I don’t know the story behind it; I presume it was handed out by a presidential candidate trying to get the lasagna-lovers vote.
WAS a Republican. Was. He died six months into his term as the 20th US president.
(Historical note- he hated lasagne)
Since his owner lives in Indiana it is a 90% guess that he IS republican.
Heh.
I Love Garfield, and this is even more than I have, I would love to see the room.
Garfield comments aside, I can’t imagine living in a development that was until very recently a cornfield. It’s probably OK if the surrounding farm fields are scheduled for similar development. Otherwise, this is the kind of neighborhood where people buy the houses, move in, and then complain about farm smells.
Also, the house was built in 2004, and needed an new coat of exterior paint 4 years later? Hmmm, I wonder what else the builder cut corners on…
In the top center of the picture, we see an oddly floating garfield butt and tail. I do hope there’s a garfield shoulders and head attached, otherwise, that would be my very favorite item in their collection – a floating disembodied garfield butt. Cool.
This reminds me of the zombie clown dolls from awhile back. Normal-looking interior and then . . . BAM! AAAHHH!
“…and through this door, we have the Jim Davis Worship Chapel Prayer Room, three doors down is the Lasagna Altar…”
I LOVE IT!!!! I WANT!!
Note on Garfield political mugs. They made them for both partys. And My Garfield room could kick their Garfield rooms ass. I am not kidding.
My stepmother has a room like this, but it’s devoted to dolls. That hasn’t stopped them from taking over the rest of the house as well.
I keep wondering how it can be “better than new.” Maybe the accumulated wear and tear and dirt adds to the property value in Kansas?