I just love it when someone unlocks the secret to find meaning in an otherwise moronic comic strip. Like Nietzsche Family Circus, Garfield minus Garfield brings an existential dimension to idiocy. In this case, the effect is achieved by simply removing the damn cat, and everything he says, from the strip. (Thanks to nephew Matt for the link.) An example:
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I often wonder if the idea was inspired at all by this xkcd (http://xkcd.com/78/).
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