# The "Garfield" Where Jon Drinks Dog Semen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 3, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272 "2006-01-03T20:10:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/21 "2006-01-04T02:39:33Z")
**Smeghead** wrote: > [@](#): > > At least, a strip vaguely similar to it. I’m fairly sure that the implication was not that Jon was drinking dog semen, though I was young enough back then that I wouldn’t have understood if it was. I think it was some other substance. My sister once came home with a Garfield strip from her Spanish class. It was in Spanish, but the gist was pretty clear, though I needed a translation for the punchline. It was something like this: {Garfield gives John something to drink. John drinks and freaks out} John: Salsa caliente! Aqua! Aqua! {Garfield hands John the fishbowl. John drinks. He freaks out again.} John: Aqua de pesces! Garfield: {in Spanish} The cycle continues. I’m doing it from memory, of course, and I don’t really know any Spanish. But for some reason I found it absolutely hillarious in Spanish. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/22 "2006-01-04T02:44:14Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > > [@Miller](#): > > > > …a steamin’ cup of fido jizz. > > In the history of mankind, I can almost guarantee this combination of words has never been written up until this moment. > > Sir, I salute you. Against my better judgment, I googled “steamin’ cup of fido jizz” (with quotes to search for the exact phrase). Nothing. Just to be sure, I googled it with “steaming” instead of “steamin’.” Again nothing. I am extremely relieved. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/23 "2006-01-04T02:47:21Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > At least, a strip vaguely similar to it. I’m fairly sure that the implication was not that Jon was drinking dog semen, though I was young enough back then that I wouldn’t have understood if it was. I think it was some other substance. Dog urine, for a doggie pregnancy test ? ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/24 "2006-01-04T03:05:06Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > At least, a strip vaguely similar to it. I’m fairly sure that the implication was not that Jon was drinking dog semen, though I was young enough back then that I wouldn’t have understood if it was. I think it was some other substance. I’m like you in this sense; I’d like to think it was some other substance… but… but _what_? 😕 I hate to overanalyse a cartoon strip (particularly a \*Garfield \* strip), but you know… to determine if a dog is pregnant, an experienced vet can often just feel the abdomen, and the only other thing I can think of is ultrasound, which I’ve heard of used sometimes. A vet could also draw blood to look for some kind of special pregnant-dog hormone (sounds like… relaxen? or something like that). A urine test is not necessary for pregnant dogs; their menstrual periods are not like humans. I might be getting some of my facts screwy, but I think that’s basically it. So it does make me wonder… was Davis implying semen? Or something more (though possibly misinformed) innocent? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/25 "2006-01-04T03:20:02Z")
I hope Jim Davis looks in on this thread. He needs fresh ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/26 "2006-01-04T03:42:31Z")
> [@mkl12](#): > > There are 10.061 Garfield strips (exactly). Even if this one exists, I think it is very hard to find. I think the decimal belongs there. There were 10.061 original Garfield strips. Then the ideas ran out. Of those, 2.84 were funny. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/27 "2006-01-04T03:46:05Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > I think the decimal belongs there. There were 10.061 original Garfield strips. Then the ideas ran out. > > Of those, 2.84 were funny. …and 2.8 of those involved lasagna. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/28 "2006-01-04T03:50:17Z")
Okay, since no one has said this yet … “steamin’ cup of fido jizz” BAND NAME! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/29 "2006-01-04T04:03:31Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > Okay, since no one has said this yet … > > “steamin’ cup of fido jizz” > > BAND NAME! Nah. Sounds more like the title of someone’s album. Frank Zappa would have probably used it. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/30 "2006-01-04T04:05:38Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > Against my better judgment, I googled “steamin’ cup of fido jizz” (with quotes to search for the exact phrase). Nothing. > > Just to be sure, I googled it with “steaming” instead of “steamin’.” Again nothing. > > I am extremely relieved. Of course, the people monitoring Google are now frantically tracing your IP. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/31 "2006-01-04T04:13:53Z")
For some reason, a thread about Garfield and “steamin’ cup of fido jizz” brings up Google ads for “The preparation to hajj” and “Holy Ghost Preaching.” This could be the basis for a very disturbing new religion. Haven’t been able to find the strip in question, but I do remember that punchline. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/32 "2006-01-04T04:57:03Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > For some reason, a thread about Garfield and “steamin’ cup of fido jizz” brings up Google ads for “The preparation to hajj” and “Holy Ghost Preaching.” This could be the basis for a very disturbing new religion. . . . And Fido said, “Drink this in remembrance of me.” . . . ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/33 "2006-01-04T05:01:25Z")
Told you it would get a lot of views. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/34 "2006-01-04T07:15:04Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > I’m like you in this sense; I’d like to think it was some other substance… but… but _what_? 😕 My first thought was pregnant dog vitamins or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/35 "2006-01-04T07:38:06Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Was the vet just going to lift some poor bitch’s tail and just _pour_ it in her? It was Melissa Etheridge’s dog. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/36 "2006-01-04T10:17:05Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > He actually doesn’t know the exact date. He was curious if the 10/7/91 strip was the same one that appears on the site. **HazelNutCoffee** , many of the Garfield collections keep the copyright notice and date of publication on the strip (which I like, since most strip collections omit these). Does your book show the date and year? Ah HA! It’s right here: 1990. And the date is 5.30: May 30, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/37 "2006-01-04T10:50:12Z")
In fact a simple search of “fido jizz” returns nothing, indicating it’s suitability as a product name or trademark. Not surprisingly [www.fidojizz.com](http://www.fidojizz.com) is available. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/38 "2006-01-04T11:43:34Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > For some reason, a thread about Garfield and “steamin’ cup of fido jizz” brings up Google ads for “The preparation to hajj” and “Holy Ghost Preaching.” This could be the basis for a very disturbing new religion. Perfectly sensible. “Fido” means “faithful” and “jism” originally meant “spirit” or “energy.” So “fido jizz” could parse as “energy of the faith” or “faithful spirit.” Either that or that someone who’s contemplating a steamin’ cup of fido jizz needs a drastic intervention. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/39 "2006-01-04T12:41:51Z")
It could be that Jon hadn’t actually drunk spunk, but that the vet was just pulling one over on him. Isn’t she kind of a wise cracker? ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272/40 "2006-01-04T13:18:25Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > Ah HA! It’s right here: 1990. And the date is 5.30: May 30, I believe. Yep, here it is. [http://www.garfield.com/comics/comics\_archives\_strip.html?1990-ga900530](http://www.garfield.com/comics/comics_archives_strip.html?1990-ga900530) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272.md?page=3)