The Eternal Question of Man's Prospering Existence

[The Pink Panther]

What did he mean by this?

 

[Damn Near]

when I was a kid, I had a Far Side collection that had a bunch of annotations and essays written by Larson about individual comics he did, and he said that he was inundated with mail from confused readers after the the 'cow tools' comic was published

 

[The Pink Panther]

when I was a kid, I had a Far Side collection that had a bunch of annotations and essays written by Larson about individual comics he did, and he said that he was inundated with mail from confused readers after the the 'cow tools' comic was published

Yes, it truly is a confusing joke.

 

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This are cow tools.

 

[Plasmapheresis]

Instruments of the Bovine variety.

 

[Marco Fucko]

I think it's a pun on feces, but the boomer mind is quite the mystery.

 

[No Exit]

Many people always ask me how I was able to get into Harvard as a 16 year old who skipped 3 grades of high school. They think I got in because of my scholarly records, but no the key is the interview. As I sat in the Harvard Dean's office in front of the board of reviewers for my application, the Dean asks me "Why should you be a good candidate for this school?" They seemed bored but I replied "Well I was born a child prodigy, placed 1st in my state spelling bee for three consecutive years, I can speak eight different languages not counting Latin, play four different instruments, I skipped grades 4 through 6, and graduated my high school as valedictorian at the age of 14. I then worked as an intern at both Telsa, and NASA." Suddenly the room burst into laughter and many of board instantly started scribbling down "No" near the application check marks. The Dean says "Sorry but you are just not the type we are looking for." But then I said "Excuse me but I wasn't finished... I understood Cow Tools." An audible gasp let out by the board was so loud the secretary had to come in. You could hear a pin drop and then suddenly all at once the entire board clicked their pens on the "Approved Box" and I was instantly handed a diploma and now I'm teaching advanced physicals there. I guess you can say I'm pretty smart.

 

[Varg Did Nothing Wrong]

If you have to ask, you'll never understand.

 

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Moo

 

[Foxxo]

when I was a kid, I had a Far Side collection that had a bunch of annotations and essays written by Larson about individual comics he did, and he said that he was inundated with mail from confused readers after the the 'cow tools' comic was published

Yes, it truly is a confusing joke.

Basically he joked that, if cows made tools, their tools would suck, because they're stupid. It was a joke he thought up while watching some news segment on primitive tools, and since he had to crank these comics out daily, he ended up with this.

This one joke will haunt him for the rest of his life, simply because no one gets it.

 

[Francis E. Dec Esc.]

Basically he joked that, if cows made tools, their tools would suck, because they're stupid. It was a joke he thought up while watching some news segment on primitive tools, and since he had to crank these comics out daily, he ended up with this.

This one joke will haunt him for the rest of his life, simply because no one gets it.

He also said he made a mistake in making one of the tools look like a handsaw.