[dfwgator]

hammer? Who uses a hammer to kill a cow or is that what it’s meant for? Sorry.. don’t get it.

Maxwell?

[bagster]

who uses a hammer to kill a cow?

Maxwell?

Correct. Continue.

Farmer Gets Annoyed, Wishing To Avoid An Unpleasant Scene.

Bagster

[stars & stripes forever]

RE: COW TOOLS

Gary Larson knows this one was a miss. From the PreHistory of the Far Side (p. 156):

The “cow tools” were supposed to be just meaningless artifacts-—only the cow or a cowthropologist is supposed to know what they’re used for.

The first mistake I made was in thinking this was funny. The second was making one of the tools resemble a crude handsaw—which made already confused people decide that their only hope in understanding the cartoon meant deciphering what the other tools were as well. Of course, they didn’t have a chance in hell.