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Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts) Thu Jul 21, 2016, 07:36 AM Jul 2016

Nothing funnier than being on a plane piloted by captain Gary Larson

Yes, on a flight yesterday, the flight attendant announced that our captain was named Gary Larson.

I nearly fell out of the seat laughing.

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Nothing funnier than being on a plane piloted by captain Gary Larson (Original Post) Xipe Totec Jul 2016 OP

This Gary Larson liberal N proud Jul 2016 #1

That one. nt Xipe Totec Jul 2016 #2

Did you order the boneless chicken? pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #3

I make an effort to steal his "nature abhors a vacuum" joke as often as possible. Orrex Jul 2016 #4

I always liked this one Zorro Jul 2016 #5

One of my faves. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2016 #10

Did he say "Let's get this baby off the ground "? A HERETIC I AM Jul 2016 #6

Larson was so great! nt Xipe Totec Jul 2016 #7

Loved him hibbing Jul 2016 #8

Was that first one "Cow Tools" by any chance? Ron Obvious Jul 2016 #9

hahaha....thanks hibbing Jul 2016 #11

In one of his anthologies he talked about " Cow tools" A HERETIC I AM Jul 2016 #13

Tales From the Farside Tom Kitten Jul 2016 #12

liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)

1. This Gary Larson

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 08:13 AM

Jul 2016

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

2. That one. nt

Reply to liberal N proud (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 08:40 AM

Jul 2016

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

3. Did you order the boneless chicken?

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 08:50 AM

Jul 2016

Orrex

(63,212 posts)

4. I make an effort to steal his "nature abhors a vacuum" joke as often as possible.

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 09:26 AM

Jul 2016

Zorro

(15,740 posts)

5. I always liked this one

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 09:39 AM

Jul 2016

eppur_se_muova

(36,263 posts)

10. One of my faves. nt

Reply to Zorro (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 12:25 AM

Jul 2016

A HERETIC I AM

(24,368 posts)

6. Did he say "Let's get this baby off the ground "?

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 11:16 AM

Jul 2016

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

7. Larson was so great! nt

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Reply #6)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 11:52 AM

Jul 2016

hibbing

(10,098 posts)

8. Loved him

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 03:28 PM

Jul 2016

I remember when my local fish wrap first starting carrying him, the first one they published I did not get, something with a cow, after that they were most often hilarious. I wish he would not have retired so early.

Peace

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

9. Was that first one "Cow Tools" by any chance?

Reply to hibbing (Reply #8)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 12:03 AM

Jul 2016

Nobody got that one.

hibbing

(10,098 posts)

11. hahaha....thanks

Reply to Ron Obvious (Reply #9)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 12:34 AM

Jul 2016

Used the googler to find it, I think that was it. He must have got syndicated and his comic started in a bunch of papers at the same time? Not sure how that worked back in the day.

Peace

A HERETIC I AM

(24,368 posts)

13. In one of his anthologies he talked about " Cow tools"

Reply to Ron Obvious (Reply #9)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 02:08 AM

Jul 2016

He said it generated more letters to the editor than any other single panel cartoon he ever got published.

You're right. No one got it.

Tom Kitten

(7,347 posts)

12. Tales From the Farside

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 12:45 AM

Jul 2016

Anybody remember the half hour cartoon he did in the 90s? I found it on daily motion, unfortunately the link doesn't embed like it does for youtube...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x39adag_tales-from-the-far-side-1994_tv

I just wouldn't want to be a bug on his airplane!

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