Garfield by Jim Davis for August 01, 2024

As seen on a comic strip.

Does anyone think Jon Arbuckle is like a father to Garfield and Odie?

I think Jon is projecting his insecurities.

Eat right, exercise and still die.

Healthy is just a slower way to die.

he’s already lived longer than any other cat – why change things now?

Then you’d ( small scream) want me to, shudder, weigh myself occasionally.

Eat what smells good; your body is telling you that you need the nutrients therein.

Regarding exercise, forget it. If you don’t use it, it won’t wear out.

I think I see diabetes creeping in….

Garfield is looking for a vitamin “proven in clinical trials” that will give you muscle tone and take weight off (regardless of how much you eat) while you sleep. Don’t you see the ads on television, Jon? But wait, call in now and we’ll double the supply.

Notice there is never a mention of the credentials of those running the “clinical trials.”

Garfield dreams big, and it shows – on him.

Why only right? He is eats left right and center.

Well said, Garfield. Eat the things that you love and be happy.

Richard Simmonds died recently at 76. Meanwhile Mick Jagger, 81, can still strut across the stage like a kid half his age. I say live like a rock star. You have all of eternity to rest.

Has that ever worked Jon?

Eat right, exercise and still die. Yep that is what Jim Fixx did, he was one of the people who invented jogging. Wrote a best-selling book about running and, ironically, died of a heart attack at the age of 52 years while Running! Exercise till you die.

I like Garfield’s approach.

Really, the only exercise Garfield has ever gotten is chasing the ice cream truck or running away from vicious dogs that he teases.

“I will not waste my days by trying to prolong them.” – Jack London

Jon, you forget that when you tell Garfield he needs to get in shape, that Garfield already knows that round is a shape.

Obesity kills animals too, ya know.

You can’t fool us! Exercise is a hoax.

Yeah, it’s all a scam by Big Health. I wouldn’t trust them any further than I could . . . run.

No, sir! Eating right and exercising ain’t his way!

Cats are a bad example for humans. Their physiology can maintain good muscle tone with a minimum of exercise and sleeping 16 hours per day. Humans cannot.

OK then just exercise ;)

Garfield’s stomach is nearly higher then his feet.

Today, August 1st, I started my course of Phentermine/Topiramate (diet drug(s) that simulate being “full”).

I’ll keep you informed, but for the moment, I’m standing in front of the mirror waiting for the pounds to drop off.

No, actually, I’m off to the shed where the dreadmill awaits . . .

Jon: Still a jerk, always a jerk. (I think?)

Jon….let’s talk about your trips to the donut shops and all those 200+ frig magnets of the pizza places…

So far what Garf’s doin is workin’ fer ’em!

He’s not scamming you Garfield………..