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The entire parliament fell dead silent. For the first time since anyone could remember, one of the members voted “aye.”
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The Far Side
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Hello fellow Far Side fans!
About this community and how I post the comic strip… Many moons ago, I would ask my Dad to save the newspaper for me everyday so I could read my favorite comic strips and one of those was The Far Side. These days of course you find just about anything online including www.thefarside.com where they post several comics a day and I repost them here. Just to note, the date you see in my posts is not the initial release date, but the date they were posted on the website.
The Far Side is a single-panel comic created by Gary Larson and syndicated by Chronicle Features and then Universal Press Syndicate, which ran from December 31, 1979, to January 1, 1995 (when Larson retired as a cartoonist). Its surrealistic humor is often based on uncomfortable social situations, improbable events, an anthropomorphic view of the world, logical fallacies, impending bizarre disasters, (often twisted) references to proverbs, or the search for meaning in life… Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Far_Side
Hope you enjoy and feel free to contribute to the community with art, cool stuff about the author, tattoos, toys and anything else, as long it’s The Far Side!
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Fine print: All comics I post are freely available online. In no way am I claiming ownership, copyright or anything else. This is a not for profit community, we just want to enjoy our comics, thank you.
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Dog endorsements
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Like a lot of dogs, I often have problems finding thrown objects in high grass … that’s why I use the new ACME Stick-be-Found.
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“Edgar! Leave him be! … Always best to let sleeping dogs lie.”
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… And then I caught this 200 lb. cat and really kicked its butt. … Once I drove my master's car. … I can outrun a greyhound. … I can bark in seven languages. …
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“Allen, you jerk! Dad told us not to do that or we’d scare the fish!”
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In its early stage, it was simply known as the Olduvai Pothole.
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“So then, when Old MacDonald turned his back, I took that ax and with a whack whack here and a whack whack there, I finished him off.”
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“For God’s sake, hurry, driver! … She’s dropping babies all over the place!”
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TAXI / ZOO / ZOO
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“Well, we’ve tried every device and you still won’t talk—every device, that is, except this little baby we simply call ‘Mr. Thingy.’”
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“Let go, Morty! Let go, Morty! You’re pulling me in! … Let go, Morty! You’re pulling me in!”
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Sucker fish at home
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Well, I just can’t believe you went and paid $5,000 for a toaster that’s not worth 20 bucks! That guy must still be laughing! / Oh, yeah? How about yesterday when that fellow sold you that “magic” pen and pencil set for $10,000!
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“I could have guessed. … My friends all warned me that this breed will sometimes turn on you.”
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“I don’t know which one of you is doing it, but at the end of the sonata we shall refrain from playing ‘Shave and a Haircut.’”
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Bivalve lore
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That? Well, back in '62, we had a real minus tide, and that young fool went out on Deadgull Point, braggin' 'bout how he was gonna be the one to dig up Big Clyde.. Ha! Big Clyde siphoned Mr. Hotshot Clamdigger right out of his boots! / RUBY'S CHOWDER HUT
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As a child, little Henry Jekyll would often change himself into a big, red-haired delinquent that parents in the neighborhood simply dubbed “that Hyde kid.”
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“And then, whenever I come to the word ‘chicken,’ the couple here in front will jump up and make clucking sounds!”
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Humpty Dumpty’s final days
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and bacon..1695 / hash browns... 490 / with ham... 295 / short stack... 395 / eggs.....200 / sausage... / Omelettes "R" US
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“Look at us, Hank. ... I tell you, there was a time when we did more than just watch the henhouse.”
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