Garfield by Jim Davis for March 04, 2023

Back at Jon’s family’s farm? Been a while, hasn’t it?

I don’t think they’re not punished for anything

for not being cats

Because the cows can’t milk themselves.

They’re being punished for living on a farm!

Long hours of hard work, 7 days a week, for little pay.

Same reason you get Jon up early, to feed you…….

they’re really into Slopping & Milking

Don’t you get up early to do your chores before breakfast, Garfield?

I don’t know why, but this reminds me of the MST3K short “Uncle Jim’s Dairy Farm”…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFRS3LMgFfM

Garfield should think about it carefully. You need cows for milk, chickens for eggs and people to pick up corn, tomatoes and wheat. If those chores aren’t done then then there is no cheese for lasagna, no tomatoes for the salsa, no eggs and wheat for the pasta and no corn for a nice corn with butter.

Wow, it’s been a long time since they visited the farm

If you get up early and get your chores done, you get to stay up late and watch the 6 pm weather before going to bed.

“ON THE FARM, EVERYBODY RISES EARLY TO DO THEIR CHORES”

(imagines a different version of this part of the dialogue of this cartoon)

ON THE FARM, EVERY BODY RISES TO DO CHORES

A sudden, abrupt trip to the Arbuckle farm! Why not make a week of it like in the strip’s old days?

Doc Boy, come on out, so everybody on Gocomics can see you!

I’d love to sleep in but my chickens want out at the crack of dawn. At least I don’t have to milk cows any more.

Garfield, have you ever thought about how hard people on the farm work to make the food that you eat? You should at least be grateful and appreciative for that.

US Acres?

Oh. It has been quite a long time since we saw Jon’s (other) family.

Please everyone join the Garfield purge. I know you all are not so keen on this Idea, specifically you BIT, specifically you BIT, specifically you, I’m disappointed in you BIT. No-one will ever feel you’re pain BIT, no one will ever feel your pain. But anyway please just join me. Give me a chance. We can improve Garfield for evreyone. LISTEN TO MY CRIES OF PAIN OR BE PREPARED TO SUFFER FOREVER AND INTO ETERNITY.

Can’t remember the last time we saw Jon and Garfield on the farm

Alright, enough of the chitchat. Where’s Orson and crew?

Gotta get up early to do their farm chores so they won’t be late getting to work in the city or the kids going to the little red schoolhouse in time…

for feeding a BIG ORANGE STRIPY CAT NAMED GARFIELD, for sure.

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