Modern housecats are descended from African Wildcats. Although, unlike dogs, cats don’t really seem to have changed much since those days. I guess you can’t improve upon perfection, right Garfield?
What about the one strip where Jon was reading in a book about cats being smarter than dogs and humans, as well as how they should be pampered and that they’re a gift to mankind and should be served, until it’s revealed that Jon was actually making all of that up, which Garfield took umbrage to?
At first they put them in the pyramids with the deceased pharaohs until years later when they discovered that the cats knocked all the gold goblets on the floor.
codycab over 1 year ago
And the rest is history.
su43dipta over 1 year ago
The brown book is correct.
seanfear over 1 year ago
it’s a matter of perspective – I would go with Garfield in this one
jasonsnakelover over 1 year ago
Kitty kitty
Fritzsch over 1 year ago
Dogs have masters; cats have staff.
LupisLight over 1 year ago
Modern housecats are descended from African Wildcats. Although, unlike dogs, cats don’t really seem to have changed much since those days. I guess you can’t improve upon perfection, right Garfield?
wjones over 1 year ago
Cats domesticated themselves because they liked the free meal. Same with dogs.
Bullet Bronson Premium Member over 1 year ago
And they’ve owned us ever since.
Troglodyte over 1 year ago
The feline’s mutual, I guess.
Kwen over 1 year ago
It’s always the right time to reread Kipling’s “Cat that walked by himself”…
jagedlo over 1 year ago
Wiped that grin right off of Jon’s face!
Goat from PBS over 1 year ago
Garfield has made it obvious over the years. We don’t “own” our pets.
2AndFour over 1 year ago
Apparently Jon doesn’t understand that he is Garfield’s pet.
William Bednar Premium Member over 1 year ago
It’s called: parallel domestication.
mizdurble over 1 year ago
People have dogs, but cats have people.
edmund_graham over 1 year ago
What’s the saying? Dogs have owners, cats have staff
TheLordIsHolyForever over 1 year ago
Maybe Garfield should start feeding Jon.
Kaputnik over 1 year ago
There was some give and take involved. Both sides had to make adjustments until they reached an acceptable compromise.
Trscroggs over 1 year ago
There are some scientific papers that claim DOGS has a large part in civilizing early man.
Prey over 1 year ago
cats are wild animals that live in your house.
njchris over 1 year ago
So, Jon is reading fiction while Garfield i reading facts.
Just-me over 1 year ago
Symbiosis or parasitism?
jth4510 over 1 year ago
Cats wonder “Why do you humans only use 2 legs??”
blakerl over 1 year ago
Cats and dogs domesticated humans. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Daltongang Premium Member over 1 year ago
Yep another case of human history trying to overshadow the truth. You got it right Garfield, you got it right.
CaveCat87 over 1 year ago
What about the one strip where Jon was reading in a book about cats being smarter than dogs and humans, as well as how they should be pampered and that they’re a gift to mankind and should be served, until it’s revealed that Jon was actually making all of that up, which Garfield took umbrage to?
WCraft Premium Member over 1 year ago
At first they put them in the pyramids with the deceased pharaohs until years later when they discovered that the cats knocked all the gold goblets on the floor.
jr1234 over 1 year ago
So true, Garfield, so true.
dlaemmerhirt999 over 1 year ago
Miguel and Tulio – “Both. Both is good.”
Twocat over 1 year ago
you have your version of history and i have mine…where have i heard that before?
geese28 over 1 year ago
when the human comes home
Dog: oh goody the master is here
Cat: you’re late, slave
karmakat01 over 1 year ago
the remake of “who was first? the egg or the chicken?”
RonBerg13 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Cats were once treated as Gods and they have NOT forgotten that.
w16521 over 1 year ago
Garfield’s book is correct. If you have a dog then your that dog’s owner. But if you have a cat then your the cat’s servant.
Laurie Stoker Premium Member over 1 year ago
Humans did not domestic cats. We came to an arrangement with them.
Realimaginary1 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Domestication is becoming a lost art!