# The Complete Far Side - Am I the Only Geek That Bought This? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2003, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-complete-far-side-am-i-the-only-geek-that-bought-this/209304 "2003-10-24T12:25:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-complete-far-side-am-i-the-only-geek-that-bought-this/209304/21 "2003-10-26T00:04:57Z")
Gosh, I hope not. I was warned off the purchase by my daughter, who informed me I’d better not buy it as my birthday was coming up. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-complete-far-side-am-i-the-only-geek-that-bought-this/209304/22 "2003-10-26T02:47:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Qadgop the Mercotan \* > \*\*Gosh, I hope not. I was warned off the purchase by my daughter, who informed me I’d better not buy it as my birthday was coming up. \*\* _Paul’s petty acquisitive jealousy was abruptly eclipsed by the realisation that **Qadqop** must have, at some point, had sex with a **woman** _ :eek: ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-complete-far-side-am-i-the-only-geek-that-bought-this/209304/23 "2003-10-26T13:27:50Z")
Sigh. I gave up fighting it and bought it last night. It must weight 30 pounds. I stayed up half the night reading volume one. I’m such a sucker… but at least I’m a sucker with an enormous number of Far Side cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-complete-far-side-am-i-the-only-geek-that-bought-this/209304/24 "2003-10-26T17:09:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TPWombat \* > \*\*_Paul’s petty acquisitive jealousy was abruptly eclipsed by the realisation that **Qadqop** must have, at some point, had sex with a **woman** _ :eek: \*\* Nah, I hear QtM reproduces by spawning in handy streams. So if you ever find him lurking around a glass of water, you have license to be wary. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-complete-far-side-am-i-the-only-geek-that-bought-this/209304/25 "2003-10-26T18:06:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FisherQueen \* > \*\*Sigh. I gave up fighting it and bought it last night. It must weight 30 pounds. I stayed up half the night reading volume one. I’m such a sucker… but at least I’m a sucker with an enormous number of Far Side cartoons. \*\* One thing’s for sure, reading this thing has been one helluva workout. Heaviest. Book. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-complete-far-side-am-i-the-only-geek-that-bought-this/209304/26 "2003-10-26T18:47:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FisherQueen \* > \*\*Sigh. I gave up fighting it and bought it last night. It must weight 30 pounds. I stayed up half the night reading volume one. I’m such a sucker… but at least I’m a sucker with an enormous number of Far Side cartoons. \*\* Well, at least you lasted, what? All of two days? That’s a record you can be proud of. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-complete-far-side-am-i-the-only-geek-that-bought-this/209304/27 "2003-10-26T19:11:19Z")
Saw it yesterday at Costco for $49.99. Too bad I’m broke after buying such necessities as 10 pounds of buttermilk pancake mix and a bushel of funsize candy bars. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-complete-far-side-am-i-the-only-geek-that-bought-this/209304/28 "2004-01-07T05:29:11Z")
Got it for Christmas. My favorite part is the complaint letters printed alongside some of the cartoons. Some of them are funnier than the cartoons themselves. ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-complete-far-side-am-i-the-only-geek-that-bought-this/209304/29 "2004-01-07T05:51:05Z")
If you like that, **Michael Ellis** , check out The Prehistory of the Far Side. It has an entire section devoted to reader complaints and questions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-complete-far-side-am-i-the-only-geek-that-bought-this/209304.md?page=1)