I still feel like this one’s missing something. But Balder says it’s funny, and every now and then he tends to have some inkling of what makes a good PartiallyClips, so here ya go. I’m amazed that this is actually the first strip on here called “Farmer.” There’s an awful lot of farm clip art on my collection, and I certainly haven’t gone out of my way to steer clear of it.
My first thought with this one was two beat panels and a third panel with the guy saying “My god…are those two just going to kneel out there in that field all damned day?” But this is not a strip that lends itself well to continuity.
Have a great weekend!
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I love this. Excellent buildup to an unexpected but perfectly logical punchline, with a funny follow-up. Nicely done.
One question I have, though. Why is the copyright date 2009? And I’m assuming you have some kind of agreement with Balder that puts his name on the copyright? Just curious…
Nope, that was my dumb ass using the old template. Thanks for pointing it out – I’ll fix it tonight.
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This is reminiscent of red meat. I like it.
Uh oh. Here’s Wendel!
It’s even funnier when it’s the farmers pretending to be farmers through Facebook (as we do).
Yay! I’m 54 but I still got the joke! Not that I play Farmville, but I have friends and children of friends that do.
And the joke, by the way, is delicious!
Excellent! Farmville needs to be mocked as often and as thoroughly as possible… I mean come on!! It’s so lame… oh, gotta get back to my mafia war….
(I laughed out loud at this. Great punchline!)
Most excellent strip! I never got the whole ‘I’m gonna be a farmer’ schtick….
“My god…are those two just going to kneel out there in that field all damned day?”
Thanks for throwing that in… I’m still laughing about that one (maybe because I dated a farmer for a year?)
Well, I liked it.
You know before I read the comments, days after the fact, I had thought the joke was a dig at hipster styles among the youth: plaid shirts, Carheart-brand overalls and the like. Funny both ways!
I checked Microsoft Internet Explorer’s “Suggested Sites” for this comic – sites that their algorithm thinks that I’ll like, based on me liking this site – and every one of their suggestions involved video clips of drunk women. Weird.
Fuck yea farmers are hard core. I bet hes about to rip off that fence post and use it to crucify that computer. He’ll probably hammer in the nails with his hardon.
Virtual Chores are for pussies! YEAH!
Don’t shovel sham poo, shovel the real poo!
I never really got into those games. I’m more of a digital weed addict (“I really want to play ____… I’m going to play ___. Oh, yeah, this is pretty cool. Man, I like this game! This is a gooood game.”) than a digital crack addict (“I’ve got to get on ____ before my ____s go bad! Ahhh… I’ll just play a little more ____… Not much left to do. Oh, time to go cook dinner.” *eat* “…Oh, no, if I don;’t get on in two minutes, the freshness bonus for my ____ will run out! Must log in must log in must log in…”). That’s why I prefer games that don’t have a required minimum log-in time, but can be played as long as I want when I do log in.
That goes for online games, at least. I prefer offline story-based games (not that MMOs and to a superficial degree Frontierville, etc. don’t include storyline quest paths)… And I absolutely love Harvest Moon.