Today in Get Fuzzy...

It's always impressive when a long-running comic strip delivers some new information about one of their characters, like the Garfield arc from a couple years back when he saw his grandfather and his first bed (which was adapted into the short Garfield on the Town).

Today's Get Fuzzy did something similar but didn't go as far back- we meet one of Satchel's cousins- Chretien Salad (emphasis, I'm guessing, on the second syllable) from Prince Edward Island!

And that, of course, opens up some discussion points which will hopefully be explored in the next couple of strips. 

1. Satchel is apparently fluent in French.
This was the big surprise, at least for me,  in the final panel, where (one assumes) Satchel yelling at Chretien in French would stop him from harming Bucky further (although I'll be honest, I wouldn't complain too much if Chretien did launch Bucky somewhere). Anyway, I think the surprise is less that Satchel knows French (he is Quebecois, after all) and more that he hasn't actually spoken much in French over the strip's run. 

2. I'm guessing Satchel's mom's maiden name is Salad (again, emphasis on the second syllable). 
A cousin is the child of the sibling of one of your parents. 
Satchel's last name is Pooch, not Salad. 
With this in mind, I'm thinking Chretien, brother Cesar and sister Jordan/Jardin- Bucky did pronounce it as "Garden Salad", by the way- are on Satchel's mom's side and that his mom's maiden name was Salad before it became Pooch.   

3. A question I'm hoping will be explored- why doesn't Satchel speak French more? 

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