# What's the funniest single panel cartoon you've ever seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531 "2016-10-14T17:48:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 14, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/1 "2016-10-14T17:48:11Z")
Here’s mine: [An enormous favor](http://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/i-have-an-enormous-favor-to-ask-you.jpg) It cracks me up every single time. [sub]which may say more about me than it says about humor, I admit[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/2 "2016-10-14T17:51:53Z")
Mine is the Far Side “[No biscuit](http://i.imgur.com/REjl1qM.jpg)” one. (Whenever I make a boneheaded mistake, I tell myself “Bad Karen! No biscuit!”) ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/3 "2016-10-14T17:57:18Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Here’s mine: > > [An enormous favor](http://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/i-have-an-enormous-favor-to-ask-you.jpg) > > It cracks me up every single time. > > [sub]which may say more about me than it says about humor, I admit[/sub] That’s hilarious. One that alwys gets me is [this one](http://s1133.photobucket.com/user/Sariele/media/FarSidePegLeg_zps28857fb0.jpg.html). I’m not sure why. Just something about the way the peg-leg sailor is trying to out-top the guy with a peg HEAD just tickles me to no end. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/4 "2016-10-14T17:59:20Z")
Oh, so many. But the Far Side with the woman standing in her living room, talking on the phone, “Yes. Uh-huh. Oh, Harry’s fine. By the way, could you step outside and tell me what’s in my front yard?” - and the window is filled with a giant eyeball. ---
**Author:** ![davey77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@davey77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davey77)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/5 "2016-10-14T18:05:00Z")
OK, an ancient boat has come ashore on an island populated by amazonian-looking women. The implication is that this is a band of Greek explorers. An “Odysseus-type” figure faces the presumed leader of the island and asks, “Lesbos, huh? So what do you girls do for fun around here…?” ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/6 "2016-10-14T18:14:29Z")
[The Far Side’s “Cat Fud.”](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/8b/c5/56/8bc556e43bc9a7edf541f9042fc4bb26.jpg) Which is still how I write it on my shopping lists. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/7 "2016-10-14T18:21:44Z")
So many Far Side ones I can’t even decide. It’s like picking a favourite Beatles song. Maybe the one with two praying mantis-like housewives (with cat glasses) in the living room. One, standing and wearing an apron, offers a tray of goodies to her friend, who responds with “Goodness Gladys, I couldn’t. I just ate my young an hour ago.” ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/8 "2016-10-14T18:21:53Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > [The Far Side’s “Cat Fud.”](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/8b/c5/56/8bc556e43bc9a7edf541f9042fc4bb26.jpg) Which is still how I write it on my shopping lists. That’s a good one too. I like the dog going “Oh please, oh please”. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/9 "2016-10-14T18:23:37Z")
My all-time favorite, by Bill Mauldin: > **[Photobucket | Make your memories fun!](https://s61.photobucket.com/user/MauserKar98k/media/WillieandJoe_Cavalry.jpg.html)** > > Make your memories fun! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/10 "2016-10-14T18:25:29Z")
Far Side again. I remember a Far Side that featured 2 chickens talking to each other. One said something like: When it’s my time to go, I hope I go quietly. Without all that running around. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/11 "2016-10-14T18:27:51Z")
“[Midvale School for the Gifted](http://s.mlkshk-cdn.com/r/54DT)” Brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/12 "2016-10-14T18:34:28Z")
Anything by [Jerry Von Amerongen](https://cdn.alphacomedy.com/3/2016/05_09_16_3daba69d669805b7616fb2fd341bc216.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/13 "2016-10-14T18:36:40Z")
One from early 80s National Lampoon, I forget who the cartoonist was. A fat guy at a table in a restaurant, his face is all veiny and bloated. The waiter says “Frankly, for you sir, I wouldn’t recommend _any_ kind of wine.” ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/14 "2016-10-14T18:38:06Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > [The Far Side’s “Cat Fud.”](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/8b/c5/56/8bc556e43bc9a7edf541f9042fc4bb26.jpg) Which is still how I write it on my shopping lists. Tangentially related: I found an abandoned shopping list in Target one time and one of the items needed was “kat litta” ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/15 "2016-10-14T18:45:11Z")
[Warren Tell](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/70/aa/6f/70aa6f557e28db42afe2e71677fcdb8c.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/16 "2016-10-14T19:05:31Z")
More relevant in the 80s, but I give you [Poodle with a Mohawk.](http://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2017750744-300x0.jpg) Also too many Far Sides to mention. ---
**Author:** ![TheInimitableMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TheInimitableMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInimitableMaven)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/17 "2016-10-14T19:11:16Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > So many Far Side ones I can’t even decide. It’s like picking a favourite Beatles song. Eggs-xactly…I couldn’t pick one utmost favorite Far Side to save my life BUT I can choose one Bizarro: A bug-eyed man comes home to his wife having rearranged the furniture and asking what he thinks of it. And, among other things, the stove and the toilet are in the living room. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/18 "2016-10-14T19:11:56Z")
The Far Side’s [Thagomizer](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1I7KiCuAU4k/S-zMC3ff8XI/AAAAAAAAF2E/7AArHpg8F40/s400/thagomizer_thag_simmons_kidicarus222.jpg). It’s a [actual term](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer), now. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/19 "2016-10-14T19:12:43Z")
[_Howdy_, _howdy_, _howdy_!](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/b5/bb/7a/b5bb7aa9fe3df9ffbde8399db295f82f.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/20 "2016-10-14T19:13:11Z")
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