CornJer
Metal does cocaine.
2005 Mar 21 • 1531
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John is wearing a pink shirt.
If you jump high enough you'll hurt your ankles when you land.
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2006 Dec 12 at 07:25 PST
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Very good. You win a cookie. 
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2006 Dec 12 at 09:41 PST
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NatureJay
SJA: Commander of Ruthless Abuse
2005 Mar 22 • 1871
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I found this on another forum. It's too brilliant NOT to share.
100% natural, no antibiotics, and bloodgrass-fed
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2007 Feb 22 at 22:26 PST
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CornJer
Metal does cocaine.
2005 Mar 21 • 1531
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I don't get it. Give me a hint.
If you jump high enough you'll hurt your ankles when you land.
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2007 Feb 23 at 10:28 PST
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NatureJay
SJA: Commander of Ruthless Abuse
2005 Mar 22 • 1871
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Looking at it as if there's a joke there to be laughed at is approaching it from the wrong angle.
The original strip, which you almost have to see to understand it, has Garfield in the first panel saying "This is all I'll be shedding today." This sets up the whole punchline at the end with Jon, implying that if Garfield only sheds a single hair on that day, he's going to shed possibly double his normal amount tomorrow, a "ha ha" moment for cat owners who can understand and commiserate on the matter.
Without the input by Garfield, the humor isn't there in its normal form. The strip takes on Existentialist and Absurdist tone. Garfield enters and drops a single hair to the floor, an immediately strange gesture, to keep one small thing as though it had meaning, only to discard it without a word or even a visual response. Jon, stares at the futility of it all, and looks at the audience and admits that he fears the future.
It's not funny in and of itself, but it becomes funny in the juxtaposition of the two elements. We expect a punchline, and instead have the terrifying realization of Jon that nothing is certain in the world.
I've been writing too many goddamn English papers lately.
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2007 Feb 23 at 13:41 PST
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NatureJay
SJA: Commander of Ruthless Abuse
2005 Mar 22 • 1871
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Here, maybe this one won't hurt people's heads as much... well, not directly...
And you know, Jon is right. I'm afraid it isn't a hat at all. 
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2007 Feb 27 at 23:05 PST
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 Uh.
 Nope. I
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2007 Mar 1 at 13:15 PST
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NatureJay
SJA: Commander of Ruthless Abuse
2005 Mar 22 • 1871
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"molkman" said: What does adobe have to do with windows, this forum, html, or pasting stuff?  I think, given what we know of him, the post speaks for itself.
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2007 Mar 2 at 13:44 PST
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 A CHALLENGER APPEARS!!
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2007 Mar 9 at 19:43 PST
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CornJer
Metal does cocaine.
2005 Mar 21 • 1531
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Quote: And you know, Jon is right. I'm afraid it isn't a hat at all. Oh, the shame of it all... 
If you jump high enough you'll hurt your ankles when you land.
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2007 Mar 11 at 11:03 PDT
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NatureJay
SJA: Commander of Ruthless Abuse
2005 Mar 22 • 1871
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Yup.
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2007 Jun 19 at 01:09 PDT
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Awesome. The background even matches!!
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2007 Jun 20 at 10:10 PDT
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