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Aren’t these fancy drinks?"

In fact, that could have actually potentially lessened the impact of the joke.

Gary Larson (right, foreground) with The Far Side’s

Far Side grinning man (left, foreground) & wolves dipping sheep in bowls at a party (right, background.)

The Far Side, a wide-eyed man grinning wildly (left) while a man with a mustache looks on concerned (right.)

Far Side, Al’s Meat truck (black & white) drives toward a Vegetarian Cafe (color)

Far Side, June 11, 1984, a restaurant cook puts his shoe in the soup.

Far Side, January 18, 1988, Humpty Dumpty is turned into a giant plate of scrambled eggs

Far Side, January 22, 1988, snakes at a restaurant on a first date

Far Side, February 3, 1988, a vulture eating at the ‘carrion cafe’ complains that its food isn’t spoiled

Far Side, March 30, 1988, a bird at a restaurant orders a cocktail with live insects on a skewer

Far Side, May 1, 1988, an Al’s Meats truck careens out of control toward the window of a vegetarian restaurant

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Far Side, March 2, 1990, the line cook at a dog restaurant surveys the pending orders

Far Side, November 11, 1990, a giraffe in a restaurant starts to choke on a fish bone

Far Side, April 18, 1991, an alien at an extraterrestrial restaurant starts to choke on its food

Far Side, November 28, 1991, Frankenstein’s monster makes a scene and calls out Igor in a crowded cafe

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