Had to be sure you read clear to the end before reacting I too took issue with the Far Side dis – tiI got to the end and realized how it was a bass-akward compliment
Frost’s parents moved across a river to a different town when he was a newborn—so the town they moved to considered him an outsider his entire life because he hadn’t been born there. That ’you’re not quite one of us’ surely contributed a lot to poems like the one where he and a neighbor are lifting large rocks to rebuild the old traditional stone fence between their properties, telling his neighbor that his pine cones are never going to sneak over there and eat the guy’s apples, with the neighbor going gruffly, Good fences make good neighbors.
Hey….Hey…Hey….what is wrong with ‘Far Side’ comics? Some are funnier than others just like with any comic strip/panel. There is nothing ‘rare’ about finding a funny one.
You don’t have to laugh out loud at a comic for it to be clever and insightful. A little thought and a lot of appreciation for wit apply to reading Jef Mallett.
Concretionist 8 months ago
Hosing out the septic tank on a snowy evening. Yeah, I can see it…
Rhetorical_Question 8 months ago
Raking leaves in the woods?
GROG Premium Member 8 months ago
I loved ‘The Far Side!’ I still read the reruns on this site. Now, a funny Frazz is rare!
Boise Ed Premium Member 8 months ago
I totally agree with Caulfield.
Sanspareil 8 months ago
That poem could have been “Diarrhea of a mad house wife”
Bilan 8 months ago
As just mentioned in Pearls Before Swine, procrastination is a big part of writing. It was either write poems about nature or rake the leaves.
mysterysciencefreezer 8 months ago
As if I needed another reason to dislike that little brat.
Nighthawks Premium Member 8 months ago
‘Rare as a funny Far Side’ ???…..thou shalt not cast aspersions on fellow (and far more successful ) cartoonists
the rare ‘Far Sides’ are the UN-funny ones
Nighthawks Premium Member 8 months ago
‘Rare as a funny Far Side’ ???…..thou shalt not cast aspersions on fellow cartoonists.
The rare ‘Far Sides’ are the UN-funny ones
Jeffin Premium Member 8 months ago
I would give tanks for a poem like that.
Jhony-Yermo 8 months ago
I am a “Leave the Leaves” proponent. National Wildlife Federation: >
DaBump Premium Member 8 months ago
Even from the bottom of a septic pit, one can look up and appreciate the beauty of the stars.
sandpiper 8 months ago
The urge to write is its own sweet compulsion. There is proof that it began ages before modern man. Thank goodness for it.
jessegooddoggy 8 months ago
In real life, Frazz would not be raking the forest, but the drawing is beautiful.
Bill The Nuke 8 months ago
Jealous, Jef?
lagoulou 8 months ago
Beautiful graphics!
moondog42 Premium Member 8 months ago
Whose poops these are I think I know / His throne is yonder commode, tho / He will not see me over here / Cleaning his septic system so
ukmitchy 8 months ago
Why does the forest need raking of leaves?
Stephen Gilberg 8 months ago
Another strip in which Caulfield doesn’t start the conversation. Way to go!
Mary McNeil Premium Member 8 months ago
Had to be sure you read clear to the end before reacting I too took issue with the Far Side dis – tiI got to the end and realized how it was a bass-akward compliment
Jefano Premium Member 8 months ago
I was hoping someone would point me to the poem about raking leaves.
amaryllis2 Premium Member 8 months ago
Frost’s parents moved across a river to a different town when he was a newborn—so the town they moved to considered him an outsider his entire life because he hadn’t been born there. That ’you’re not quite one of us’ surely contributed a lot to poems like the one where he and a neighbor are lifting large rocks to rebuild the old traditional stone fence between their properties, telling his neighbor that his pine cones are never going to sneak over there and eat the guy’s apples, with the neighbor going gruffly, Good fences make good neighbors.
Lambutts 8 months ago
Then stop reading
zodismoon 8 months ago
I think I have never seenA thing as beautiful as a tree
Or something like it… :-)
jasperthump Premium Member 8 months ago
Hey….Hey…Hey….what is wrong with ‘Far Side’ comics? Some are funnier than others just like with any comic strip/panel. There is nothing ‘rare’ about finding a funny one.
amatulic 8 months ago
Hey, “Far Side” is funny. But not all of them. The hit rate is about the same as any other comic strip, such as “Frazz”.
MITZI 8 months ago
You don’t have to laugh out loud at a comic for it to be clever and insightful. A little thought and a lot of appreciation for wit apply to reading Jef Mallett.
dogday Premium Member 8 months ago
LOVE the fall artwork! Thank you!
bmillar 8 months ago
Probably Robert Frost simply appreciated their beauty instead of wasting time raking them up!
frodisaur2 8 months ago
Dice “Buenos noche, Gracie!” “Buenos noche, Gracie!” Frazz, you done peed me off. I’m dropping you.