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.
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?
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.
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 is available.
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.
