But some gags are just downright perplexing.
Read on to see just howconfusing someFar Sidestripsreally are.
This strip posits a study where pets wear hats.
Is the joke that the animals would all just wear hats that reflect them?
Dogs get baseball caps for their rough-and-tumble lifestyle, while the more serious felines get more serious fedoras?
Then why does a bird get a sombrero?
Oris thisFar Sidegag a commentary on pointless and wasteful studies?
As silly as the scenario is, its hard to get the intended joke.
For this strip, Larson has two astronauts deep in space and in deep trouble.
Their capsule is far off-course and one of the astronauts highlights the gravity of their situation.
This is definitely a harder one to understand.
But this gag goes a bit further and posits a wild and perplexing scenario.
The joke is probably just Larson taking a humorous scenario and taking it to the extreme.
But is that really it?
Was this a bigger commentary on how political discourse can negatively affect working relationships?
Or wasThe Far Sidejust using this to remind readers to not piss off their barber while in the chair?
But, in trueFar Sidestyle, it gives it a unique twist.
This strip is set in the Wild West days and a bank robber has just gotten away with cash.
A ship is under attack by a giant squid, and its passengers are swimming for their lives.
However, the squid pauses in their attack, noting that its already 6:30 and that theyre in trouble.
Who exactly is the squid in trouble with?
And why the arbitrary time, like 6:30?
Are they late for an appointment or another attack or is some unseen authority requesting their presence?
Perhaps theres nothing deeper to this strip, and its just a delightful mix of real life and surrealism.
Butif theres a deeper meaning to thisFar Sidestrip, its kind of hard to find.
The idea is incredibly simple.
Is it because these tools are what cows are capable of making, given their limitations?
Or are these the tools cows would use inThe Far Sidesworld?
