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Describe your favourite Farside

#61
Panel depicts a bunch of dogs traveling a busy urban street in buses and cars, all of which have their heads out the windows. Caption reads "When dogs go to work."



It took me several re-reads of that to finally get it (I was 12 at the time).
 
#64
MJ5150 said:
I like the "what we say to dogs" one. It's where the owner is pointing to his dog and giving a bunch of commands while saying the dogs name every few words. The next bubble shows what the dog hears and it's "blah, blah, blah, *dog name*, blah, blah, blah."
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lowfreq33 said:
Dog's name was Ginger. The second half is "what cat's hear", and it's just blah blah blah blah blah....
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If I'm not mistaken, the cat version was entirely blank.

I.e.,

- What We Say To Dogs: "You were a very bad dog, Ginger. Don't ever do that again, Ginger! Do you hear me Ginger? Bad dog!"
- What Dogs Hear: "blah blah blah blah blah, Ginger. blah blah blah blah blah, Ginger! blah blah blah blah Ginger? blah blah!"

- What We Say To Cats: "You were a very bad cat, Ginger. Don't ever do that again, Ginger! Do you hear me Ginger? Bad cat!"
- What Cats Hear:




but yeah, that's definitely my favorite too.
 
#65
This thread is a joy...a real stroll down memory lane. Considering some of the heavy, negative stuff going on in other threads, popping in here continues to make me smile.

I can't put my finger on it, but hearing peoples descriptions of these cartoons is somehow more satisfying than simply posting the original.

It's oddly comforting to think that many years ago, all over the world, whilst I was chuckling away to myself buried in a Larson book, many other folk were doing exactly the same thing.

Carry on :)
 
#68
They all crack me up...but one in particular TOTALLY did me in.

If I remember right, there was a giant clown approaching a town of little people who were armed and ready....with pies loaded on catapults.

For hours after I could not get ahold of myself. Laughed myself sick over that one.
 
#69
A fish in the shallows swims right next to the shore line, with a baseball bat tucked under a fin. On the beach, tantalisingly out of reach, is the baseball.

The caption reads 'Great moments in evolution' (or something like that).
 
#70
Two guys are talking to each other as they peer over the side of a ship to a life raft in the water. In the life raft there is a dog a happily wagging his tail. Behind the dog on the raft are a cap, a watch and a pair of glasses. The caption reads:

'Here boy! How ya doin'? ...Look at him Dan. Poor guy's been floating out here for days but he's still just as fat and happy as ever."
 
#71
A bajillion or so years ago, my best friend and I had an extended conversation at a party that consisted entirely of Far Side punch lines:

"Birds of prey KNOW they're cool."
"Cheetah wheelies"
"Wagoooooons STAAAAART!" (Non-union wagon masters)
"Beware of Doug."
"Boneless Chicken Ranch"
etc...etc...



But my favorite Far Side of all time isn't actually a Far Side at all. When Gary Larson decided to take a sabbatical for a year or so, another cartoonist did a "Far Side fan's Survival Kit" cartoon. It had paper dolls of several recurring character types in the middle: the waitress, the nerd, a caveman, a scientist of some kind, maybe a cow...And around them were several little square setting that would be familiar: a lab, a deserted island, a living room...You get the idea. Then there were a series of completely lame and forgettable comics that you could actually make with the pictures provided. After the lame attempts it said "And if that doesn't work for you, just be as sick as you possibly can." And then it had my favorite Far Side(-ish) comic ever.

In the background you see Dopey and Doc of the Seven Dwarves leaning together whispering conspiratorially. In the foreground, you see the fattest dwarf you've ever seen. And the caption was "When the dwarves had been reduced from their original fifty to only eight, the other dwarves began to suspect Hungry."
 
#73
"What Dogs Hear vs What Cats Hear"

Dog Owner is scolding dog, dog hears "Blah blah blah blah Sparky blah blah..."

Cat Owner is scolding cat, cat hears "Blah blah blah blah blah..."

Something like that. :)

This thread is making me lol even without the visuals.
 
#74
Tituscrow said:
This thread is a joy...a real stroll down memory lane. Considering some of the heavy, negative stuff going on in other threads, popping in here continues to make me smile.
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:)

Tituscrow said:
I can't put my finger on it, but hearing peoples descriptions of these cartoons is somehow more satisfying than simply posting the original.
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I knew that would be the case.
Tituscrow said:
It's oddly comforting to think that many years ago, all over the world, whilst I was chuckling away to myself buried in a Larson book, many other folk were doing exactly the same thing.

Carry on :)
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Indeed.
 
#77
I'm reminded of one that sounds like a Far Side to me. But I'm not actually sure.


Two amoebae carrying a stretcher past some other amoebae, possibly to an ambulance. On the stretcher is an amoeba in the shape of a perfect cube. One of the amoebae in the crowd, commenting on the cubic amoeba says "Oh I think I'm going to be sick."


As a paramedic, I approve.
 

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