2005 Far Side Wall Calendar

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In life, some things just go together"bread and butter, pen and ink, fear and loathing"but in the land of The Far Side, these happy little combinations have a way of becoming recombinant nightmares. Falcons and teacup poodles' Errant sky divers and hungry crocodiles' Nerds and nerd-sniffing dogs' Has Gary Larson no mercy' Well, of course not-when's the last time you laughed at something merciful' With the ominous theme of "Trouble Brewing," this year's calendar lineup presents Larson at his mischievously misanthropic best. Not to worry, terrible things aren't quite happening in the cartoons collected here-but the table is set, and the master chef is working from a book called Recipes for Disaster. Each month, the wall calendar presents a different one-act opera of the unfortunate. Worlds colliding"fur flying"cookies crumbling"and chickens coming home to roost". In other words, Trouble Brewing. Not always pretty, but always funny. In fact, with all the misfortune and mayhem staring down at you from this wall calendar, you just might feel better about the little trials and tribulations of your own life. And maybe, just maybe, that's what Larson was after all along. Nah"


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In life, some things just go together￯﾿ﾽbread and butter, pen and ink, fear and loathing￯﾿ﾽbut in the land of The Far Side, these happy little combinations have a way of becoming recombinant nightmares. Falcons and teacup poodles? Errant sky divers and hungry crocodiles? Nerds and nerd-sniffing dogs? Has Gary Larson no mercy? Well, of course not-when's the last time you laughed at something merciful? With the ominous theme of "Trouble Brewing," this year's calendar lineup presents Larson at his mischievously misanthropic best. Not to worry, terrible things aren't quite happening in the cartoons collected here-but the table is set, and the master chef is working from a book called Recipes for Disaster. Each month, the wall calendar presents a different one-act opera of the unfortunate. Worlds colliding￯﾿ﾽfur flying￯﾿ﾽcookies crumbling￯﾿ﾽand chickens coming home to roost￯﾿ﾽ. In other words, Trouble Brewing. Not always pretty, but always funny. In fact, with all the misfortune and mayhem staring down at you from this wall calendar, you just might feel better about the little trials and tribulations of your own life. And maybe, just maybe, that's what Larson was after all along. Nah￯﾿ﾽ


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