The Far Sidehas always poked fun at the seemingly mundane by place an absurdist lens on a diversity of topics and subjects . The Far Sidehas no steer characterlikeGarfieldorCalvin and Hobbes , which signify creator Gary Larson has the freedom to write / draw muzzle about anything and anyone - include scientists .

SometimesThe Far Sidemakes jokes about dinosaursand extraterrestrial , sometimes babe and farmers , and even literal Tree . understandably , no one is safe from Gary Larson ’s ability to wrick literally anything into a screaming and absolutely absurd jocularity . And one of thefunniest bailiwick Larson often uses inThe Far Sideis scientists . However , rather than portray them as column of human intelligence representing the collective desire to understand the world around them , The Far Side ’s scientist are usually pretty dazed . Here are10 of the funniest examples of dumbFar Sidescientists !

10Not Even Scientists Can Resist the Call of the Ice Cream Truck in The Far Side

As four scientist are right in the heart of conducting research in their laboratory , they all notice an ice cream motortruck driving by the window . The scientists immediately drop what they ’re doing and run to arrest the ice cream truck before it passes , as if they ’re a bunch of little kids on summertime holiday . While reader do n’t know exactly what these scientist were working on , they do know that - whatever it was - it was far less important than methamphetamine emollient .

The slew of labcoat - wear out scientists excitedly scramble out of the elbow room in the hope of mayhap getting some ice pick from a pass trash cream truck after hearing the call of its jingle is so uproariously juvenile that one can not help but laugh at the perfect stupidity of the post .

9One Prankster Might Be the Dumbest Scientist in The Far Side

As one scientist is working hard on building a projectile , another one sneaks up behind him with an inflated paper pocketbook , and is get ready to start the bag right on in the first scientist ’s ear . WhileThe Far Sidedoesn’t show the grim result of this utterly cockeyed practical antic , it ’s imply that that pop will startle the first scientist so much that he ’ll forge the wrong point on the missile , cause it to break loose right there in the lab , kill both scientist .

The Far Sidehas no shortage of mute scientists , but this one prankster might be the dumbest of them all . Startling a colleague who ’s in the middle of building a missile , resulting in his and one ’s own death ? That ’s somewhat stupid , though the implied tragedy is matched by the utter gleefulness .

8A Groundbreaking Invention Turns Out to Be Pretty Useless in The Far Side

ThisFar Sidecomic shows a scientist that has make up a groundbreaking gimmick , as it allows him to communicate with dogs . Talking to dogs ( or at least understanding what they ’re allege ) is something masses have on the face of it always wanted to do . And now , this scientist has done it . Unfortunately , the invention turns out to be pretty useless in this instance , as instead of the sound of barking , the scientist just see every dog in his locality saying , " Hey ! " .

It does n’t take a genius artificer to understand that domestic dog are essay to get someone ’s attention when they ’re bark , and exchange their bark for the word " hey " does n’t really tell anyone what they do n’t already have intercourse . It ’s hilarious to take that this scientist spent countless hour and untold amounts of Ulysses S. Grant money to create this ' groundbreaking ' invention , only to learn that it ’s essentially useless , make him feel like a complete changeling .

7The Far Side Calls Out Scientific Hypocrisy at Its Funniest

As Igor is helping his mad scientist master , Dr. Frankenstein , bring the iconic Frankenstein ’s Monster to life , Igor tear out a Wolfman marionette , and play with it properly in front of the undead monster ’s font . patently , this was too uncanny even for Dr. Frankenstein , who scolds Igor for being unnervingly bizarre . Of course , this is lip service at its finest , as someone like Frankenstein - who ’s literally try out to reanimate the amalgamated mannequin of multiple corpses - has no room to estimate Igor for doing anything ' weird ' .

The fact that Frankenstein ca n’t see his own lip service , or accept that someone unforced to assist him create a literal monster from stitched - together consistency office is snuff it to be a little weird , is passably stupid - and absolutely hilarious .

6A Far Side Scientist Gets More than He Bargained For During a Truly Weird Experiment

A team of scientists is in their lab , conducting an experiment that ’s decidedly strange : testing whether animate being " kiss " . One of the scientist finds success with an armadillo , as they ’re capable to kiss the animal without any trouble at all . Upon record the blackboard , it seems the scientist also tried to kiss a squid , but after being unable to chance the lips , they view as that fauna ' unkissable ' . Then , readers ' collective attending is draw to the back of the elbow room , as a scientist prove to kiss a cow , but receives only a damosel - same smack across the face for his advances .

The moo-cow was subject of snog the scientist , but did not consent to it , which is an unexpected variable quantity in the scientist ' experiment . But , beyond the non - consenting cow , this whole thing is really eldritch and implausibly dazed - though it is admittedly hilarious .

5Early Human Scientists Still Had No Reason to Be THIS Dumb

ThisFar Sidecomic takes reader back to the former days of human existence , when Neanderthals roamed the Earth , and shows the earliest translation of a microscope being used by a cave dweller scientist . The scientist is using the primitive bit of research laboratory equipment to look at a mammoth , and upon doing so , the scientist confirm that the animal he ’s looking at is , indeed , a mammoth .

While a footling bit of leeway can be give due to the fact that this scientist was a Neanderthal , that ’s still no alibi for him to be this stupefied . Obviously the animal he was look at through the microscope ( which had no right hand to be called that , by the elbow room ) was a mammoth , that much could clearly be seen without the piece of equipment . Caveman or not , thisFar Sidescientist is inexcusably pretty dense .

4A Far Side Scientist Tries to Conquer Fear in the Dumbest Way Possible

A scientist has placed himself in a coffin - sized box that ’s dangling from the side of a magniloquent construction . Inside the box seat with him are a caboodle of Snake , and he ’s in all over dark . It ’s bring out that the scientist is doing this to master three fears at once : fear of peak , awe of Snake River , and fear of the dark . Hilariously , the scientist is shown inside the box yell for his life , bespeak that the experiment is a failure , and he ’s still very much afraid of all those things .

From being trapped in a dangling box seat with a bunch of Hydra , to the fact that the scientist is trapped in a dangling box so richly up to lead off with , this experiment is needlessly dangerous on so many levels . Plus , the fact that it did n’t even work proves how dumb the experiment was , and how dim this scientist is by extension .

3The Far Side Confirms Why There are No Dog Scientists

ThisFar Sidecomic put in readers to a room filled with humanlike andiron , and each one of them is a scientist working on the same problem : how a doorknob study . The scientist dog call this conundrum " The Doorknob Principle " , and every one of them is turn diligently to solve it . Well , except one dog , who noticeably got distract by a random cat toy outside the window .

Learning how a doorhandle works is far from a scientific breakthrough , even if it would mean that domestic dog would no longer have a grounds to scratch perpetually behind a shut door . If even the smartest bounder in the existence ca n’t figure out how a doorhandle works , then it ’s clear dogs should not be scientists , which is somethingThe Far Sidehilariously manoeuver out in this comedian .

2These Far Side Scientists Hilariously Misunderstand One Common Saying

An incredibly common saying is " laughter is the good medical specialty " , but these scientists do n’t understand that the tired of mortal needs to be the one laugh for it to be true . However , they ’re determined to sympathize the exact parameters of this averment to see if , in fact , laughter is the best medicinal drug . During the experiment , every one of the scientists bear around a bedridden sick person just initiate laugh at him , all while the soul in bottom just star off in disbelief .

It ’s suspicious enough to reckon that a squad of scientists would take a saying like " laughter is the respectable music " literally enough to test it , but what makes this comic hilarious is that they ’re test it completely unseasonable . They ’ve misinterpreted the locution by taking it literally , and their tests prove a complete lack of understanding , which is just so dazed in the funniest way .

1The Far Side Reveals Even Rocket Scientists Can Be Dumb

When any random task is dim-witted enough to understand , it is n’t uncommon for someone to say , " it is n’t rocket science " , as they can understand why someone would have difficulty sympathise rocket engine science , but not whatever the task in question may be . Basically , that say is just a one shot - about way to call someone dumb . However , The Far Side reveals that even rocket scientists themselves can be somewhat dazed .

After these rocket scientist build a poorly - construct rocket , one of the scientist says , " We ’re not exactly rocket scientist " . But , the affair is , all of them are rocket scientist , they ’re just really speechless rocket scientists manifestly , which is a hilariously ironic gag that plays on a normally said insult . And that ’s why this is one of the 10 funniestFar Sidecomics about dim scientists .

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The Far Side is a humorous comic series developed by Gary Larson. The series has been in production since 1979 and features a wide array of comic collections, calendars, art, and other miscellaneous items.

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