Garfield by Jim Davis for September 23, 2023

He’ll be back for the rest. Just wait.

That pizza looks delicious

Eating only half when you are used to eating all of it is a good start.

However, eating the second half too soon after eating the first one is just calling it something different.

From Not Always Right:

A lady and her kids pop in our store to get a pizza. The lady’s kid orders a large pizza. When the pizza is made, the kid collects it and walks out of the store with the lady.

A few minutes later, the lady returns with the pizza, furious, and drops it on the counter yelling at me, because I took the order.

Customer: “My kid ordered a large pizza, and you cheated him and gave him a regular!”

I check the contents of the pizza. A slice is half eaten, but the pizza contents and size are correct.

Me: “Madam, this is the correct size pizza.”

I show her the different boxes we use for the different sizes.

Customer: “You’re just hiding the large boxes!”

Me: “Madam, what makes you think that this pizza is not large?”

Customer: “The box has ‘regular’ written over it!”

She pointed to something just underneath the logo on the box: the ® trademark symbol.

My kind of diet (and many people’s, even if they don’t admit it)

And no eats the other half? He must be unwell.

As Yogi Berra would say, “You better cut the pizza in four slices because I’m not hungry enough to eat six”.

He ate half a pizza? Don’t really get the joke.

What is this leftovers you speak of?

That would count as a diet, because he is halving his intake. I’m confused? Garfield is happy to diet?

That diet is good for Jon. Now he can have some pizza

Well, that’s something, anyway. Cutting back to half a pizza for dinner might be a help, unless he treats the 2nd half a dessert.

I think I could stick to that “diet” too Garfield. But I doubt I’ll lose any weight on it.

Does it count as a “I ate half a pizza instead of a whole one” diet if you ate the first half in one mouthful and the other half in a second bite?

That sounds like a diet I can get behind

I think Garfield would fit right in in politics. This is exactly how politicians describe fiscal responsibility. We’re not reducing debt, we’re reducing the rate at which we go into debt.

Reducing your intake of pizza by half is a start. But not a real diet.

You gotta start somewhere I guess…

and in 5 minutes max…he will eat the rest.

And then he’ll eat the other half later….

Now if only Garfield would do the same with donuts, that way Jon would actually get to have half a donut instead of no donuts.

That’s a diet I can get behind as well.

Is this even possible!!??!!!

Always remember that “diet” is due with a T added to it…

That’s an improvement

Garfield youstill ate to much pizza

Less portions, of course…

Garfield, don’t forget about dessert!

You can say that again

I guess that’s progress for him.

Half? He won’t be able to stick to it.

Baby steps….

Better order the extra, extra large.