Garfield by Jim Davis for January 02, 2023

“Happy” new Monday.

It’s the first Monday of the year, and it’s already a terrible one for Garfield

Dangit!

Why couldn’t Odie or Jon been around for this?

This is why scales have a short life expectancy in the Arbuckle household.

You lost a pound of fur, and gained 2 lbs elsewhere.

Smart alec scale!

new year, same jokester of an electronic scale

The scales must’ve been hacked.

i’ll try that next time at the doctor’s. when they say we need to take your weight, I always say take as much as you like!

hey babe, I lost a pound. turn around hon, I think I found it. BIFF, POW, @##$$!!!

Garfield is sure getting pounded.

One time I weighed two pounds. Why does Garfield look more upset than he did in the old days? It used to be that Jon would force him to go on a diet, and he’d be upset at Jon all week, and he looked pleased when his mom told him how much he weighed at birth because it’s big for a kitten.

Garfield: puts an elephant and a hippopotamus on the scale, and adds a rhino for good measure

There is one scale that is heading for the city dump.

This is what you get for having a talking scale, Garfield.

Lost ten “pounds” yesterday – didn’t mind ’cause everything I buy costs “euros” in my surroundings

On a scale of one to ten, this scale is a minus two!

Oh Garfield, you let it lull you into a false sense of security

That scale just loves to mock Garfield.

Haven’t seen the talking scale in ages

Famed last words of a talking scale!

My scale does the same thing…sigh

That is simply too cruel.

This is Artificial Intelligence at its best, Garfield!

I seem to have lost a couple of pounds. Did you take them, dear? It looks like you might have.

How much did Jon pay for the scale, anyway?

Clever!!!!!

MEGA L!

I don’t like machines that talk… I especially don’t like snarky machines that talk

Hmm. Can a talking scale scream? Hmm. Interesting question. and worthy of research.

I wish I could share that with my 1962 high school classmates! What a kick!

How’d you like to lose your batteries?

I feel like that Jon probably put the scale up to this just to give Garfield a sense of false hope.

This is why you don’t buy a scale that can talk.

Garfield will have to be dead a week to lose weight…

I blame Monday for this!!

I will never own a talking scale. Never.

“look at that! there is a WHOLE CARGAISON OF EXTRA POUNDS BELONGING TO YOU HERE!”

And another, an another, an another -

You know things are bad when the AI in the smart scales starts getting sassy with you. Garfield, you used to loath diets, what is up with this irritation with the scale? Throw it out the window and live your best life.

Giant, great big belly laugh, hysterical…

Back again, still hilarious…

My digital scale will give me the same reading 3-4 days in a row whether I exercise, eat right and drink lot of water or not. I know it works because it adds pounds during the holidays.

Been there. Done that. Repeatedly.

I sneak my big toe on the scale behind my S.O. She doesn’t find the humor in it!!

And that scale gets what is coming to it in 3, 2, 1!

Love this one. Hilarious

I would take that scale back to the store, they’re not supposed to act like that.

“Do these pants make my butt look big?” “No, your butt makes the pants look big.”

lol

Time to throw the digital weighing machine and go for the analog one Garfield.

Do I detect a slight movement of the body on panel 2? Or is it an illusion created by the tilting of the head?

That scale is evil