# The Far Side - your favorite **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2002, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364 "2002-06-28T11:59:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Semp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Semp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Semp)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/61 "2002-06-29T00:13:24Z")
Picture: a gleeful chimpanzee on a vine with an elehant looking on in the background. Text: He had seen Tanzania, and most of Mozambique was already behind him. There was no mistake. Chippy had done what most chimps only dream about: He had caught the Perfect Vine. I’m sure I’m the only one that likes this one, but it cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![WV\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/62 "2002-06-29T00:42:46Z")
What Mr. Moto said on page 1. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/63 "2002-06-29T01:04:12Z")
My absolute favorite: A female chimp is grooming a male, and she says, “Well, well, another blonde hair. … Conducting a little more ‘research’ with that Jane Goodall tramp?” (I think if you imagine that last word shouted angrily, that makes it even funnier!) Goodall first saw it when the then-executive director of the Goodall Institute showed it to her, icily saying, “Just look at that, will you!” Goodall’s reaction was to laugh and say “Wow! Real fame at last!” But the director told her that she had found it very offensive because it suggested she had sex with the chimps! She had even had a lawyer write a letter of complaint which appeared in the paper! Goodall was very angry about this and meant to write a letter of apology to Larson, but she was very busy and forgot about it. About one year (and one new executive director) later she got a call from National Geographic who wanted to reprint the cartoon, but Larson’s company refused because of the lawyer’s letter. Things were finally straightened out and the cartoon was reprinted. Some previous threads on this subject. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=19145](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=19145) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=57220](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=57220) ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/64 "2002-06-29T01:22:20Z")
There’s a clown in a gun store looking at hand guns and thinking “Laugh at me will they!” ---
**Author:** ![quarx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/50afbb/32.png) [@quarx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quarx)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/65 "2002-06-29T02:23:32Z")
We see the mother talking to the little boy in his bed on the 2nd story of a two story house. The mother says something like, “Go to sleep now, Billy, or once more, I’ll have to tap my foot three times and summon the floating head of death.” On the first floor? Billy’s father holding a big balloon with a monster face painted on it right below Billy’s window. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/66 "2002-06-29T02:28:25Z")
Two come to mind: Couch ,projector, movie screen,single cell creatures on couch,on screen is an ameoba dividing with two little black rectangles " Ameoba porn flicks" 15th annual “Run to The Far Side” 5K/10K race t-shirt A cheetah putting on a brand new pair of running shoes while antelopes watch in the distance ---
**Author:** ![NardoPolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NardoPolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NardoPolo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/67 "2002-06-29T02:40:49Z")
My favorite was one that apparantly he never printed in the papers. It had a baby crib, and there was this snake that had slithered in, but now couldn’t escape because of a big bulge in the center from its recent… meal. The look on the snake’s face – angry because it couldn’t get out of the crib – was enough to make a person crack up. There was no caption, but the bottom of the page simply said “no, you didn’t really see this. just turn the page.” Just the thought that he had this masterpiece, but couldn’t print it is so hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![MrO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@MrO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrO)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/68 "2002-06-29T03:16:15Z")
For me it’s a toss-up between the one **Labdad** mentioned, with the spiders on the playground slide, and this one: Two guys are sitting on rocks, with chains around their ankles, flames all around, obviously in hell. One says to the other, “I hate this place.” ---
**Author:** ![Anomalocaris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Anomalocaris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anomalocaris)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/69 "2002-06-29T04:16:43Z")
1. One caveman to another: “Use napkin. Have mammoth on lip.” Other caveman has 11-foot tusk stuck to his lip. 2. The one captioned “Stupid Clerks”: A man with an enormous trench coat, obviously with a piano underneath, is exiting a music shop. The clerk is running after him, saying, “Excuse me, sir, but I think you dropped this” while holding up a piano stool. 3. A husband and wife are lying on the floor, appearing to be dead. Another couple is seen exiting the house. The caption goes something like, “The Thompsons feign death until the Andersons, sensing awkwardness, are compelled to leave.” 4. God on Jeopardy. ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/70 "2002-06-29T06:00:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anomalocaris \* > \*\* > > 1. The one captioned “Stupid Clerks”: A man with an enormous trench coat, obviously with a piano underneath, is exiting a music shop. The clerk is running after him, saying, “Excuse me, sir, but I think you dropped this” while holding up a piano stool. > > \*\* I love that one, too, and the name on the store is the Larsonesque “Plenty O’ Pianos”. Two of my favorites, both deer-hunting related: Two deer are standing up, looking at what looks like a target painted on one of the deer’s chest: “Bummer of a birthmark, Hal” And another hunting scene with a deer (standing up) hiding behind a tree, the whole scene looking rather _film noire_, and saying to himself: “I have to think, quickly! Who is this guy and why is he after me?” ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/71 "2002-06-29T06:07:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bryan Ekers \* > \*\* > > I’ll admit the “Puddin’ Tame” completely escapes me. \*\* This was an old line from the 40s or earlier (at least I heard it from my father and I was born in the early fifties). One person asks, “What’s your name?” Answer: “Puddin’ Tame. Ask me again, and I’ll tell you the same.” This goes on for a couple of iterations, and the last one finally goes: “What’s your name?” “Charlie Brown. Ask me again, and I’ll knock you down!” I’m not sure if it was from a vaudeville act, or just a childhood routine. ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/72 "2002-06-29T06:31:18Z")
Many favourites have been mentioned, but one that I love that hasn’t yet : Moses standing in front of the mirror, parting his hair. It kills me every time and makes me think of all the mundane stuff you could do with special powers, after you’d saved the day a couple of times 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/73 "2002-06-29T07:10:27Z")
Most of my favorites already mentioned: 1. Spiders building a web on the playground slide. 2. CAT FUD 😃 3. God beating the current Jeopardy champ 100,000 to 0 (or so) 4. Alien ungracefully falls down the ramp on first contact with humans. Not mentioned yet: 1. Mother is scolding Billy for being late or something and her speech balloon reads “… and take that horrible thing out of your mouth!” Billy has some sort of huge alien octopus thing wriggling in his mouth. All-time fave: 1. Two bears find a junked car missing its tires in the woods. Both are in the front seat, one on the passenger side and the other in the driver’s seat pretending to operate the car. The passenger bear says “Oh yeah? Well if _I_ was driving, we’d be going a HUNDRED miles an hour!” Q: Ever been absolutely stumped by a Far Side panel? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/74 "2002-06-29T10:38:56Z")
Darn you \*\*RedNaxela, \*\* you got to my favorite first! Oh well, another deer cartoon I like is where two buck are standing up and looking down at the one buck’s belly. It has a large target mark on it and the other buck is saying “Bummer of a birthmark, Hal.” ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/75 "2002-06-29T12:06:59Z")
Picture: Bald men standing around in robes carrying long staffs the heads of which are pipe wrenches. Master and student facing one another. Text: “When you can snatch the crescent wrench from my hand, little flusher, it will be time for you to go” Caption: The Shaolin school of plumbing Cracks me up every time. b. ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/76 "2002-06-29T12:34:37Z")
So, so very many to choose from…off the top of my head, though, it would have to be: **"Step on it Arnold! Step on it!"** If my name were “Doug”, though, I think my favorite would be **“Beware of Doug”**. Also, I have a T-shirt with **“School for the Mechanically Declined”** on it. When people notice it, I point to one of the students in the back and say “That’s me.” And he does kinda look like me… Also… > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by welby1 \* > \*\*By far the one where the guy has his doggy door boarded up and he’s calling to the dog to run faster to come in. Funny as hell. \*\* It’s a woman, not a guy. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Umbriel \* > \*\*Guy standing in a dark alley faces an elephant wearing a trenchcoat and fedora, hand (foot?) menacingly in his pocket: > > “Remember me, Mr. Schneider? Kenya, 1947. The next time you shoot an elephant, Mr. Schneider, you’d better make sure you finish the job!” > \*\* It’s actually in the lobby of an apartment complex, the guy is getting his mail. Yes, I’m a Far Side Geek :p. ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/77 "2002-06-29T12:34:50Z")
In no particular order: Anaetidaphobia Cat fud The Dobie-o-matic The Nose of Doctor Verlucci The professor who forgot to bring his duck The Floating Head of Death Cow Tools - that was just so surreal ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/78 "2002-06-29T13:01:59Z")
good morning friends, my favorite is a fish floating upside down towards the surface with the caption: “louie was given styrofoam shoes and sent to sleep with the humans” ---
**Author:** ![Stupendous\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/79 "2002-06-29T13:38:29Z")
And who can forget these two classics: Cat Pressed hard against the inside of a living room window, arms outstretched while viewing the wreck of two vehicles directly outside the house: One, a truck of rodents, the other, small flightless birds. And, One day a pet owner comes home to find the bird cage has been blown open by a Plunger-style TNT device, feathers everywhere, and the cat reclining nearby with “I know nothing…” in a thought balloon above his head. ---
**Author:** ![Anomalocaris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Anomalocaris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anomalocaris)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364/80 "2002-06-29T15:56:13Z")
I nearly evacuated myself when I first saw this one: A father bear is putting his cubs to bed in their cave. He has a human skull on heach paw, as per hand puppets. He says to the cubs, “OK, one more time, then it’s off to bed. ‘Gee Bob, do ya think thar’s any bears in that cave?’ ‘I don’t know, let’s check it out!’” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-side-your-favorite/116364.md?page=5)