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Backstory: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/arts/far-side-gary-larson-cartoons.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/arts/far-side-gary-larson... Like many

Backstory: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/arts/far-side-gary-larson-cartoons.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/arts/far-side-gary-larson... Like many The Far Side of yore, I don’t understand the Cub Scout one.

nvusuvu 6y ago
I struggled to find humor in that as well. I guess its the unexpected juxtaposition of animals having a casual lunch at the picnic table ... didn't resonate with me.
- pmarreck 6y ago
  I guess you missed it too, then. https://journeynorth.org/tm/spring/BBearFacts.html https://journeynorth.org/tm/spring/BBearFacts.html "Adult male bears quite commonly eat cubs."
- cellular 6y ago
  A pun? "Bears eating cub's scouts"?
Jtsummers 6y ago
Well, as a former Scout I found it amusing. But I think the actual "joke" (quoted because it's very dark) is about bears eating cubs (a thing male bears will do), but then punning off of that with "Cub Scouts".
justinator 6y ago
It's bears eating cub scouts, rather than the other way around - what's not to get?
- pmarreck 6y ago
  I guess you missed it too, then. https://journeynorth.org/tm/spring/BBearFacts.html https://journeynorth.org/tm/spring/BBearFacts.html "Adult male bears quite commonly eat cubs."
- jmhyer123 6y ago
  Because cub scouts eat bears?!?
  - justinator 6y ago
    This cub scout did! What did y'all do in scouts? Now I'm the one confused.
    - hirundo 6y ago
      Dude, you had one kick ass cub scout den.
      - justinator 6y ago
        Shoulda seen my pinewood derby car.
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