Food Bowl

Cidu Bill on Dec 30th 2008

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Well, what should the cat be doing at mealtime?

Filed in Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Jimmy Johnson, cats, comic strips, comics, humor | 11 responses so far

11 Responses to “Food Bowl”

  1. Jan Dec 30th 2008 at 12:15 am 1

    Arlo isn’t feeding Ludwig; rather, he’s got up to get himself a snack of chips or something, on which he’s already munching. Arlo criticizes the cat for heading to the available food at the slightest excuse but we can see that he does the same thing himself.

  2. Frank Dec 30th 2008 at 02:19 am 2

    ARLO CAN’T FILL THE BOWL BECAUSE LUDWIG IS IN THE WAY.
    (not yelling - just too lazy to unlock the caps lock)

  3. Kelex Dec 30th 2008 at 03:57 am 3

    It’s not mealtime. Arlo just got up to get himself a snack, and the cat assumed (as cats always do) that he was about to be fed, so he ran to his dish.

  4. Kamino Neko Dec 30th 2008 at 06:46 am 4

    A different spin on it - as mentioned, Arlo isn’t feeding the cat, he’s getting himself a snack - and then he’s rolling his eyes at the cat ‘always going for the food bowl’…while he’s got his mouth full of a between meal snack.

  5. Nicole Dec 30th 2008 at 09:46 am 5

    Kelex has it right. We have a cat that assumes that we live to feed it. Anytime you go into the kitchen he follows you, clearly thinking that you are going to feed him. It’s clear because he sits next to his dish and meows at you.

  6. Matthew Dec 30th 2008 at 12:31 pm 6

    Yep, this strip hardly qualifies as a c.i.d.u. It’s good, sly, Jimmy Johnson wit.

  7. Nicole Dec 30th 2008 at 02:00 pm 7

    Oh — I don’t know — if you don’t have a cat it might be a CIDU

  8. Brent Dec 30th 2008 at 03:25 pm 8

    I don’t see this as requiring a cat. It has nothing to do with feeding the cat or Ludwig wanting to be fed… he already had food in his bowl. If Arlo actually fed the cat (or even had to add food to the bowl) this joke wouldn’t work at all… they both need to go straight to food (in fact, Arlo goes so straight to the cupboard for chips that he only notices what Ludwig did on the way back).

  9. Morris Keesan Dec 31st 2008 at 12:33 am 9

    I’m not sure why, but the way they’re getting up off the couch, I was assuming that they’ve been watching TV, and they both got up for a snack at the start of a commercial break.
    As far as the intended humor, Jan and Kamino Neko (cute handle, by the way, and very appropriate for this strip) have it right: Arlo is being a hypocrite, criticizing Ludwig for what he’s doing himself.

  10. Steven Dec 31st 2008 at 06:23 am 10

    Gotta say, my first impression of this was way off base, despite owning a cat. I thought that Arlo was indeed going to feed Ludwig, and was criticizing him for being unthankful, much the way a cook would get annoyed at someone digging in without paying tribute to the one that made the food.

    Then I saw Arlo eating something out of a bag, and I thought he was eating cat food. That’s when my brain stalled out in confusion and I checked these comments for guidance.

  11. Kamino Neko Jan 1st 2009 at 05:05 pm 11

    Morris: ‘Kamino Neko (cute handle, by the way, and very appropriate for this strip)’

    Thanks. ^__^ And, yeah, I love commenting on cat-related things just for that reason. Heh.

    Also, Jan - I apparently missed your post, or I’d have posted mine as agreement, not ‘another spin’, sorry about that.

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