I think I’m missing the punchline here.
Instead of letting Ozzie (the human) set down the dog bowl, Earl (the dog) leapt into the air and ate the entire meal in one massive *GULP*. At which point Ozzie wryly observes that it must be some kind of record (presumably for the fastest eating of dinner). It’s not an especially ground-breaking joke, just a little gentle humor at how fast some dogs sometimes wolf-down their food.
Guess you gotta be familiar with dogs and their eating style to enjoy this one. Highly unrelatable for me. 🫣
It’s extremely relatable for me with my dog. It’s good that you asked for an explanation and its fine that not every comic hits home with every reader.
This is a post modern strip. It tries hard to not ever be funny. Like Heathcliff, but without the absurdity. Or like Family Circus but with pets.
I mean… Comics don’t need to be funny or have a punchline. I didn’t mean to insinuate that with my first comment.
But this is like… It isn’t funny, it has no message, it has… Nothing. 😐
Imagine someone at work coming up to you like “lemme tell you something. I was giving my dog food yesterday and it ate the food faster than it ever has.”
You’d be like “😐 Uh huh?”
That’s the entire premise of this strip. It’s profoundly lame.
Luckily reading it is optional 😅
Pets often gobble down food way too fast. It’s kind of a meme that some cats will do that and then throw it up shortly after because they went too hard.
Sometimes it’s because of anxiety in the pet, sometimes it’s just a disposition.
very true, I had to get slow feeding bowls for 2 of my dogs, because they regularly will eat too fast and throw up everything.
One of my dogs was on the streets for at least a year. He eats crazy fast and he doesn’t care what it tastes like.
Weird, I’ve had 6 cats in my lifetime and none have exhibited this behavior. Guess I just don’t know.
Still. 😐
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