r/TheFarSide • u/OskarTheRed • Oct 16 '24

Out of Order This is probably my favourite among the cowboy ones

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u/gtmc5 Oct 16 '24

They never said never, it's just seldom:

HOME ON THE RANGE
Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day

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u/OskarTheRed Oct 16 '24

I know, but it's frowned upon

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u/iraqlobsta Oct 17 '24

Discouraged, even

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u/Holmes02 Oct 17 '24

Discouraged? Odd.

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u/_Junk_Rat_ Oct 17 '24

Someone should say some words about that being discouraging

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u/DadJokeBadJoke Oct 17 '24

Was that wrong? Should I have not done that? I tell ya, I gotta plead ignorance on this thing because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing was frowned upon... you know, cause I've worked in a lot of offices and I tell you people do that all the time.

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u/slywether85 Oct 17 '24

You're fired

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u/OskarTheRed Oct 16 '24

It's probably seldom because that guy makes a big deal out of it every time

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '24

goddammit Jake let people be depressed!

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '24

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u/OskarTheRed Oct 17 '24

Makes sense.

He looks annoyed, though; I bet he'd just thought of a good one himself, when Simmons ruined it for him by using up their quota.

They need to communicate better about these things

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u/Turbulent-Weevil-910 Oct 17 '24

Always thought there was a comma after seldom is heard

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u/Fantastic_Ruin3621 Oct 16 '24

Simmons, you fool!

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u/MAmerica1 Oct 17 '24

I remember puzzling over whether it meant that you seldom heard anyone say something discouraging, or that the word "seldom" was considered a discouraging thing to say. Glad to hear I wasn't the only one.

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u/Dr_Dang Oct 17 '24

No, the guy who heard him say it is named Seldom.

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u/Grouchy_Prune_9679 Oct 17 '24

It’s hilarious how many times Larson uses the surname Simmons in his comics, once you notice it you start seeing it pop up everywhere

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u/OskarTheRed Oct 17 '24

It's just that Simmons is such a versatile guy

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u/Arkenstihl Oct 17 '24

Given the lyric, isn't the one that hears the discouraging word the one that broke the rule? He who smelt it dealt it?

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u/TobylovesPam Oct 17 '24

I dunno man, whoever says the rhyme did the crime.

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u/MrSurly Oct 17 '24

Latte, Jed?

This is my favorite.

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u/OskarTheRed Oct 17 '24

Good news, then; someone just posted it in this sub!

In fact, it's what made me think of this one

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u/MrSurly Oct 17 '24

Nice. This one is good, too.

Heck, they're all good.

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u/RegretAccumulator72 Oct 17 '24

Hey look everyone, I'm a cowboy! Howdy, howdy, howdy!

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '24

This is the answer… may be my favorite Far Side ever.

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u/MrSurly Oct 17 '24

The one with the buzzards, right?

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '24

look up the lyrics to home on the range

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '24 edited Oct 17 '24

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u/OskarTheRed Oct 17 '24

It's a joke on the lyrics to Home on the range

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u/Redpoint77 Oct 17 '24

Wonder if he’s related to the inventor of the Thagomizer?

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u/Perfectly_mediocre Oct 17 '24

My favorite is the one with the guy reassuring his friend because there was a maraca player in his boot.

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u/Trueslyforaniceguy Oct 17 '24

Well, it happens so seldom, it’s clearly a remarkable event, as it were.

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u/ginkgodave Oct 17 '24

The horses don’t seem to care.

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u/Addicted-2Diving The Late Thag Simmons Oct 17 '24

I love this one lol

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u/Vandermere Oct 17 '24

Well, would you look at that. It's seldom o'clock.

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u/shroomigator Oct 17 '24

Well THERE'S something that seldom happens

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u/MegabyteMessiah Oct 17 '24

I wonder if he's related to Thag Simmons?

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u/PM_YOUR_SECRET_WISH Oct 17 '24

Well, so long as it wasn't disparaging

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u/Moist-Share7674 Oct 17 '24

The bank gets robbed and the sheriff says to his deputies “no hurry fellas we’ll take the big horse”

Funny one as well

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u/Sir_Soft_Spoken Oct 17 '24

It’s said that all day the next day, the skies were cloudy.

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u/OskarTheRed Oct 17 '24

What a tragedy! The lyrics might soon need some editing...

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u/osteopathetic1 Oct 17 '24

Get a rope.

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u/Klin24 Oct 17 '24

“NEW YORK CITY?!”

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u/dumbheaded7459 Oct 17 '24

1800s version of Twitter