The Barn by Ralph Hagen for November 19, 2009

Hope that giraffe brought his muffler along.

and some snow boots.

He’s spots won’t help him much in the Great White North.

Nothing worse than a noisy giraffe!

Morning, Marg!

Go ahead, Rory lamb. And welcome him to the neighborhood.

I suspect the special clover. In the next panel Rory sees an honest politician

Maybe it’s just a bad experiment with genetially modified Holsteins - they were hoping to get a cow that could make a little feed go a looong way…

Can’t be the special clover. It’s out of season. Unless the giraffe brought some with!

Panel two leads me to believe… That not only is he deaf in panel three but blind as well…

Out of season? Hey…October is harvest time for special clover. Don’t ask me why I know this.

Go ahead Rory, reach up and pet his hoof.

Cattle are contributing to global warming? How so—leather boots and Big Macs?

Grazer…the methane gas in bovine flatulence is said to be a great contributor to the greenhouse gasses that eat away the ozone…in fact, in New Zealand, the loonies have passed a tax on cattlemen based on their cows’ flatulence. In this country, we spent millions of dollars over 20 years or so @ the University of Texas to study the possible practical applications of the methane in COW FARTS…are you laughing yet? The funniest part is…IT’S TRUE. Ugh. PFFFT.

Thanks for the enlightenment, gang. I now pity those who choose to breath the polluted countryside air when they could be living in the city.

Am I imagining things, or is this the second time a comic has had a giraffe in the backgound while mentioning global warming?