There was an unpublished one with crocodiles standing around a tub of water, “bobbing for babies”.
Larson even changed it to “Bobbing for Poodles” which was considered by some to be even more offensive.
My favorite:
A tribe of island natives carrying two women on a flower-bedecked sedan up a path towards the mouth of a volcano. One lady says to another, “Isn’t that sweet? They like Virginians!”
Or something like that.
phouka:
“See? I told you the natives weren’t hostile to Americans. Their eyes lit up when we told them we were Virginians!”
Chaim Mattis Keller
The one Telemark mentioned.
Also: a sheep stands up in the middle of the flock and cries out:
“Wait! We don’t have to be just sheep!”
It’s almost Zen in its perfection…
A steep cliff overlooking the sea, with a spot of fire on the water’s surface.
Caption reads:
“What happens when cliff-divers belly-flop.”
Another with the captions were mixed up with another comic:
Someone in the editing department mixed up the words with Dennis the Menace.
Farside comic: Cave Man Gypsy telling the fortune of another Caveman.
Dennis comic: Dennis and mother at dinner table, and Dennis says something to mother.
Dennis comic ends up with the caption:
“I see…your fossilized skull sitting on a shelf.”
How about the prankster scientists who get one of their colleagues to carry a container marked something like, explosive-handle with care, and one of them has burst a paper bag behind the victims back.
or
The guy in a bar sitting next to a sheep with his arm around it, the bar is full of sheep, and another sheep is just walking in and he says,
“Oh my god, it’s Eileen!”
Or
God at his computor, just about to hit a button marked ‘smite’
Or
A small truck carrying scissors has just gone through a fence of a lunatic asylum, with some weirdos just lurking around and the caption,
Suddenly Joe realised that his situation was about to become even worse.
Or
A chicken attatched to some balloons flying straight into a bar full of samurai warriors.
Or
Pinnochio is walking among a pride of lions on the African veldte and the caption reads,
Pinnochio had his wish to be a real boy unexpectedly granted,
In the background you can see one lion just looking over and perking up a little.
That one is my favorite! anybody have a link? I’ve been looking and can’t find it.
Wolf and sheep having a drink in a bar full of wolves. The wolf tells the sheep “I’ve led you astray”.
[sup]Or something of the sort[/sup]
Actually, several of my favorites haven’t been mentioned yet:
Two well drawn characters appear at the door of an apartment where chickens, snakes and cows are running around. The guy inside says, “Oh, man, you must be looking for one of those serious comics strips like Mary Worth or Apartment 3-G.”
Three fish, one holding a baseball bat, are looking at a baseball that’s rolled onto dry land. Caption: “Great moments in evolution.”
Two elephants are looking at a piano. One says, “smash your foot up here once, then down here a couple times. That’s ‘Louie, Louie’.”
Huh? What was the panel, and what was the law?
T-Rex chases several cavemen into a cave. Grabs a bunch of them in his mouth. Looks shocked and spits them out.
Actually it wasn’t a law but rather that he “committed some heresy by doing cartoons that mixed dinosaurs with primitive peoples.”
I’ll be darned. People are describing panels I’ve never seen, and I thought I knew 'em all.
Anyway…
Besides many that have been mentioned, I love the one with the scuzzy-looking shop teacher reclining in his office chair. He’s starting to turn around and look at the NerdyKid[sup]TM[/sup], who is triumphantly announcing, “My project’s ready for grading, Mr. Big Nose…Hey, I’m talking to YOU, squidbrain!” The project, of course, being a giant mechanical monster. For kid’s sake, I hope he tested it thoroughly.
Then there’s the two morticians pushing gurneys in a field and waving as their paths cross. “When a body meets a body comin’ through the rye.”
And the short scientist talking excitedly to the tall scientist. Third scientist says to the fourth, “There goes Williams again, trying to gain support for his Little Bang theory.”
Horseflesh asked if anyone had ever been stumped by a Far Side panel. There was one that neither I nor any of my pals could figure out. OldWoman[sup]TM[/sup] stands in her doorway and calls, “With a knick-knack paddywhack, give a dog a bone!” OldMan[sup]TM[/sup] tumbles down the hill towards the house. 
My mom finally had to finish it for me: “This old man comes rolling home.” :smack:
But there’s one that she cannot get. Secretary at desk. Door to inner office stands open, and on the threshold is a deflated man-skin, with a flock of birds spilling out. Leader bird shakes his wing at secretary and says, “Now you listen to me, Miss Billings! You have not seen a thing here, do you understand? I’m not kidding about this, Miss Billings!” To be fair, there’s not a definite gag there, like with the literal-interpretation ones, or the one-creature-messing-with-another variations. Outlandishness just doesn’t go over with her, I guess.
I love his commentary in the Pre-History. Not just the analysis, but the random comments, like, “There are three of the fattest doctors I’ve ever drawn,” and “I think I drew a pretty good ship in the background. Thank you.” And one original drawing that is priceless. If I could make a good color copy, I’d have it on my wall. At the end of the section about reader criticism: “And, finally, my response to all those who took the time to register their complaints:” Cartoon of Larson making a “BLEAH!” face.
Ooh, a few more have popped into my head while reading this thread:
Can’t remember this one exactly - Scene is a hilltop and you see a silhouette of a wolf and a sheep standing upright and the wolf is handing the sheep some flowers. The caption goes something like “Ralph looked around nervously, afraid of what his buddies might think. And Lola just ate the flowers.” Best take on Romeo and Juliet I’ve scene in a cartoon.
I think this one is Far Side - A scientist is holding up a 4’ x 4’ board, showing it proudly to his scientist buddies. Caption reads “Look! The worlds largest silicon chip!”
And one where I’ve actually used the caption IRL - An upscale party where all the particpants are warthogs. Two female warthogs are in the foregound and one suave looking male has just entered the room in the background. One female says to the other “Oh great, here comes God’s gift to warthogs.” I use this line occasionally when a pretty boy walks into the room looking like every female should come slavering up to him and I know he’s a jerk. Or just when anybody walks into a room. It’s a great line.
Hmm, dare I post one more? I think so…
Grubby, skinny guy walking through a desert stands at a mysterious water fountain with other grubby skinny people behind him and says, “Now hold your horses, everyone… Let’s let it run for a minute or so and see if it gets any colder.”
Oh, cool… three pages and mine hasn’t come up yet.
Jesus is fixing himself breakfast on the stove; behind him is a opened coffin.
“Oh, man… I wonder what time it is. I feel like I’ve been dead for three days.”
¹ Gary Larson, The Far Side Gallery 2 (Kansas City 1986), p. 31.
Two flies saying goodnight on the front steps of the female fly’s house after a first date. Something like…
male fly thought bubble: “OH NO! I think I should kiss her, but I can’t find her mouth!”
female fly thought bubble: “OH NO! I bet he can’t find my mouth. This happens EVERY time!”
It captures teen angst perfectly 
Three of my favorites that haven’t been mentioned:
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Two goldfish in a bowl; one of them is approaching an electrical outlet with a cord from a lamp. The other one says, “Bob, you fool! Don’t plug that thing in!”
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Little kid is standing in the livingroom next to his dad, who is being suspended in the air from his shirt collar by some invisible force. Kid: “Earl is getting tired of you saying he doesn’t exist.”
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In the middle of a herd of sheep, a wolf in sheep’s clothing stands up, removes his sheep mask, and looks around at the others, who all have visible seams. Wolf: “Hey! Isn’t ANYONE here a real sheep?”
I love that one…
Mom and Dad come home to find their son…
…pinning the grand piano to the ceiling by a broom handle.
“I don’t even want to know.” is their comment.
“I hate this place”
“Jim’s lost his marbles!”
I also love the cows calling “Car!”
Absolutely brilliant