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2006-11-29

When in doubt, get both

Jon bought an empty untitled journal and believes that it is a book of Dickinson poetry. He also plans on giving her a singing fish, which Garfield believes is his next meal.

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2006-11-28

Swimsuit shopping

Explanation 1: Jon was in a hallucination in the first two panels, and has just come out of it in the third.

Explanation 2: Jon has gone mute.

In both scenarios, Garfield is eating Jon's cereal and taunting him with it.

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2006-11-27

WHAT did he say?!

Look at the original. Seriously.

I can hardly believe that Garfield can say that in the comics. =:O

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2006-11-24

Poor Gladys

Jon does not know when to stop talking.

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2006-11-23

Don't cook everything you see on TV

2006-11-22

Meow-meow-meow-meow meow-meow-meow-meow...

Jon is trying to get Garfield to eat human food rather than cat food. Garfield is either indifferent or rejective.

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2006-11-21

Racism

Clearly this is some sort of slam at Asian cooking.

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2006-11-20

Opportunism

Jon has come out of an episode, during which he apparently put on a chef's hat for some unknown and probably irrational purpose. Rather than taking the chef's hat off now that the episode is over, he is deciding to make the best of already wearing it by “cook[ing] something”.

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2006-11-18

New weight loss plan

Jon believes that the refrigerator is capable of locomotion. He has believed this in the past, and Garfield and Odie are looking at each other with worry over him relapsing into this delusion.

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2006-11-16

Don't dress up your pets, or this may happen

Jon dressed Garfield up in his clothes, then forgot about it when he went out on his date, and now feels bad about forgetting. Meanwhile, Lyman's dog is laughing at how stupid Garfield looks.

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