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cryptocpher · 12-31-2007, 11:00 PM

I really like the one where a cowboy is supporting a charred cowboy in a saloon and the caption reads: "Damn, Hawkin tried to ride into the sunset." Though, I might only be partial to that one because it was the farside that introduced me to farside.

spindles · 01-01-2008, 03:54 PM

My favourite is the caveman showing a rock thing to other cavemen with caption
"Danook shows off his swiss army rock"

stevie667 · 01-02-2008, 05:50 AM

The thagomiser for working its way into the lexicon, but otherwise two i have stuck to my desk:

A guy walking up to a black hole with an information booth clutching a tv saying 'excuse me, but i was told to stick this here' with the caption "although an unexplained pheonomenon, there is a place on the outskirts of mayfields, nebraska, where the sun does not shine."

Or

A six picture cartoon of a dinosaur slowly walking towards a tree from the far distance and on the sixth frame coliding with a resounding 'bonk!'

Redlemon · 01-02-2008, 06:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ustwo

One of the best.

A good one for sure, but clearly not Gary Larson.

Anyway, back in the late 1980s I attended a lecture by Donald Johanson, the paleoanthropoligist who discovered Lucy. He included several Far Side slides in his lecture, and it turns out that he and Gary were buddies. There were even some Far Side cartoons published that were inside jokes for Donald (I don't recall which ones, however).

Ustwo · 01-02-2008, 06:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redlemon

A good one for sure, but clearly not Gary Larson.

Funny but I've mentally attributed that to Larson as an early one of his and you are right its not his. As someone with a collection of every farside cartoon I find it kinda funny I didn't put 2+2 together. I got that one on a t-shirt when I was a kid a the museum of science and industry and its always been my favorite.

ShaniFaye · 01-02-2008, 07:12 AM

this one is my fav, because its the very first one I ever saw

The_Jazz · 01-02-2008, 07:13 AM

Ustwo, I am reminded of the one with the kid trying to enter the "... School for the Gifted" by pushing on the door labeld "pull". If I had time, I'd find a panel, but I don't.

And it's one of my favorites, too.

ShaniFaye · 01-02-2008, 07:18 AM

here is midvale for you

pig · 01-02-2008, 07:19 AM

Slacker.

edit: Damn you Shani!!! With your quick post skills! Drat and Double Drat.

The_Jazz · 01-02-2008, 07:53 AM

Shani, thanks for proving why I suck and you rock yet again.

jewels · 01-02-2008, 08:14 AM

Too many great ones!

Love it all!

casual user · 01-05-2008, 10:42 PM

i always loved the one with the mother duck that has a baby duck and a snake with four lumps in it walking behind her

djtestudo · 01-08-2008, 10:36 PM

I like the one with the butterfly fresh out of the cocoon that flew right into a spiderweb.

Always found that one kind of inspiring...

My favorite though is is the "Real Reason Dinosaurs Went Extinct".

MSD · 01-08-2008, 10:51 PM

I work in A/V

Ustwo · 01-08-2008, 10:53 PM

While I have a list of 'favorites' one of the more clever ones I thought was two people after a plane crash on a small island and one says 'well we won't have to worry about food, the are muscles all the way to the TOP here!'.

Larson later said apparently few people got it and he got a lot of letters asking him to explain it.

*sigh*

Redlemon · 01-09-2008, 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ustwo

While I have a list of 'favorites' one of the more clever ones I thought was two people after a plane crash on a small island and one says 'well we won't have to worry about food, the are muscles all the way to the TOP here!'.

Larson later said apparently few people got it and he got a lot of letters asking him to explain it.

*sigh*

Muscles? Mussels? I'm confused. Top of what? Is there something in the picture that makes it clearer?

Tophat665 · 01-09-2008, 08:06 PM

Midvale.
Cat FuD

Then there's the one of the cow looking aghast with grass falling out of his mouth yelling, "This is Grass. We've been eating Grass!"

Elphaba · 01-09-2008, 10:48 PM

When Gary retired, a few friends and I were such a mournful lot that we started a Gary wannabe cartoon collection. We could clip out any characters, background, etc of Larson's and add a new quip of our own. It was absolutely dreadful...only Larson can do Larson.

byesman · 01-27-2008, 07:20 PM

"Late at night, and without permission, Larry would conduct experiments in static electricity."

It's a janitor in a hospital nursery rubbing a baby against himself (like a balloon) and a couple of babies stuck to the ceiling.

I always laugh at that because of the "and without permission" part.

ZenFilthPig · 02-13-2008, 06:14 AM

My 2 favourites would be (wording might not be exact due to memory)

1 - Caption: Putting his face into a hornets nest was not a good idea, but Rustys' timing was particularly bad.
1- Picture: The inside of the hornets nest was a bar with a sign saying "Angry Hour".

2 - Caption: It took a moment for the postman and Spot to realise fully what had just transpired.
2 -Picture: A postman and a dog staring at the pepperspray bottle the postman had dropped on the ground.

Leto · 02-13-2008, 12:23 PM

Two penguins standing on a random icefloe, amongst many in the Antarctic night, staring out at the water.

Caption: Well, once again, here we are.

And there is this:

01-01-2008, 03:54 PM	#42 (permalink)
spindles Mine is an evil laugh Location: Sydney, Australia	My favourite is the caveman showing a rock thing to other cavemen with caption "Danook shows off his swiss army rock" __________________ who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?

01-02-2008, 05:50 AM	#43 (permalink)
stevie667 Too Awesome for Aardvarks Location: Angloland	The thagomiser for working its way into the lexicon, but otherwise two i have stuck to my desk: A guy walking up to a black hole with an information booth clutching a tv saying 'excuse me, but i was told to stick this here' with the caption "although an unexplained pheonomenon, there is a place on the outskirts of mayfields, nebraska, where the sun does not shine." Or A six picture cartoon of a dinosaur slowly walking towards a tree from the far distance and on the sixth frame coliding with a resounding 'bonk!' __________________ Office hours have changed. Please call during office hours for more information.

01-02-2008, 07:12 AM	#46 (permalink)
ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	this one is my fav, because its the very first one I ever saw __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*

01-02-2008, 07:13 AM	#47 (permalink)
The_Jazz Asshole Administrator Location: Chicago	Ustwo, I am reminded of the one with the kid trying to enter the "... School for the Gifted" by pushing on the door labeld "pull". If I had time, I'd find a panel, but I don't. And it's one of my favorites, too. __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin "There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush "We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo

01-02-2008, 07:18 AM	#48 (permalink)
ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	here is midvale for you __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*

12-31-2007, 11:00 PM	#41 (permalink)
cryptocpher Upright	I really like the one where a cowboy is supporting a charred cowboy in a saloon and the caption reads: "Damn, Hawkin tried to ride into the sunset." Though, I might only be partial to that one because it was the farside that introduced me to farside.

01-02-2008, 07:19 AM	#49 (permalink)
pig pigglet pigglet Location: Locash	Slacker. edit: Damn you Shani!!! With your quick post skills! Drat and Double Drat. __________________ You don't love me, you just love my piggy style

01-02-2008, 07:53 AM	#50 (permalink)
The_Jazz Asshole Administrator Location: Chicago	Shani, thanks for proving why I suck and you rock yet again. __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin "There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush "We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo

01-02-2008, 08:14 AM	#51 (permalink)
jewels Eponymous Location: Central Central Florida	Too many great ones! Love it all! __________________ We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. Mark Twain

01-05-2008, 10:42 PM	#52 (permalink)
casual user Crazy Location: everywhere and nowhere	i always loved the one with the mother duck that has a baby duck and a snake with four lumps in it walking behind her

01-08-2008, 10:36 PM	#53 (permalink)
djtestudo Baltimoron Location: Beeeeeautiful Bel Air, MD	I like the one with the butterfly fresh out of the cocoon that flew right into a spiderweb. Always found that one kind of inspiring... My favorite though is is the "Real Reason Dinosaurs Went Extinct". __________________ "Final thought: I just rented Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine. Frankly, it was the worst sports movie I've ever seen." --Peter Schmuck, The (Baltimore) Sun

01-08-2008, 10:53 PM	#55 (permalink)
Ustwo Pissing in the cornflakes	While I have a list of 'favorites' one of the more clever ones I thought was two people after a plane crash on a small island and one says 'well we won't have to worry about food, the are muscles all the way to the TOP here!'. Larson later said apparently few people got it and he got a lot of letters asking him to explain it. sigh __________________ Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.

01-09-2008, 08:06 PM	#57 (permalink)
Tophat665 Minion of the scaléd ones Location: Northeast Jesusland	Midvale. Cat FuD Then there's the one of the cow looking aghast with grass falling out of his mouth yelling, "This is Grass. We've been eating Grass!" __________________ Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life. Last edited by Tophat665; 01-10-2008 at 06:40 AM..

01-09-2008, 10:48 PM	#58 (permalink)
Elphaba Deja Moo Location: Olympic Peninsula, WA	When Gary retired, a few friends and I were such a mournful lot that we started a Gary wannabe cartoon collection. We could clip out any characters, background, etc of Larson's and add a new quip of our own. It was absolutely dreadful...only Larson can do Larson. __________________ "You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." Molly Ivins - 1944-2007

01-27-2008, 07:20 PM	#59 (permalink)
byesman Crazy Location: Byesville	"Late at night, and without permission, Larry would conduct experiments in static electricity." It's a janitor in a hospital nursery rubbing a baby against himself (like a balloon) and a couple of babies stuck to the ceiling. I always laugh at that because of the "and without permission" part. __________________ If after I depart this vale you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner, and wink your eye at some homely girl. H.L. Mencken

02-13-2008, 06:14 AM	#60 (permalink)
ZenFilthPig Upright Location: Here. No, not there... here.	My 2 favourites would be (wording might not be exact due to memory) 1 - Caption: Putting his face into a hornets nest was not a good idea, but Rustys' timing was particularly bad. 1- Picture: The inside of the hornets nest was a bar with a sign saying "Angry Hour". 2 - Caption: It took a moment for the postman and Spot to realise fully what had just transpired. 2 -Picture: A postman and a dog staring at the pepperspray bottle the postman had dropped on the ground.

02-13-2008, 12:23 PM	#61 (permalink)
Leto Junkie Location: The Danforth	Two penguins standing on a random icefloe, amongst many in the Antarctic night, staring out at the water. Caption: Well, once again, here we are. And there is this: