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You can't just throw a Google search together!

barnacles — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:40:09 -0800

Does anyone know the Far Side volume that includes the "posse organization" one? I'm looking for a particular Far Side comic. This is as best I remember it:

There is a big ball of horses and cowboys, arms and heads and legs sticking out at weird angles, and there are two cowboys standing next to it, one of whom says (something like) "Dangit, Clem, you can't just throw a posse together. You've gotta organize it!"

For the life of my, my Google searches have resulted in pretty much nothing. I would love to know which Far Side book contains it, but getting ahold of a high-res electronic version would be even better.

Help!

Y Cant Kats Spel Gud?

L. Fitzgerald Sjoberg — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:56:43 -0800

LOLcats teach us that cats can write, they just don't have very good spelling or grammar. The same idea has been used in advertising ("Eat Mor Chikin") and of course Far Side cartoons. Was Gary Larson the father of this concept, or were there other places where it was pervasive before he came along? There are some comics like Pogo and Krazy Kat where the characters spoke in dialect, but what I'm looking for is a bit different, comedy where animals as animals rather than as anthropomorphic human substitutes can write, but can't spell well.

Need help finding a Far Side cartoon.

gummo — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:34:31 -0800

Need help finding a Far Side cartoon. There is a Far Side cartoon which shows a couple of surgeons around a body on a table. One of the surgeons is holding his hand out to the side above a dog who is sitting below. It's as if he has a tasty morsel between his fingers, and the dog is paitiently waiting below for him to drop it.

If anybody could point me to a link to this cartoon, or help in some other way, I want to print this out for my doctor brother for a gift.

If you happen to have it, and would be willing to email, it could be sent to me at gummo007 at yahoo dot com.

Thanks in advance.