Click here: to donate by Credit Card
Or here: to donate by PayPal
Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794
Thank you very much and God bless you.
Posted on 10/01/2025 8:22:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
|
|
Click here: to donate by Credit Card Or here: to donate by PayPal Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794 Thank you very much and God bless you. |
Oh, FFS. Has everybody lost their sense of humor?
CC
I think it’s funny as it is meant to be
Yes.
Even back in 1987 we had women searching for ways to be offended.
My wife (girlfriend then) and I attended a smallish event in Southern California where Goodall presented some of her early fascinating work. We were upper division anthro students then - circa 1973 or so. She had a great presence, spoke well, and seemed pretty normal for someone on the edge of the Bell curve.
My wife was taken by Goodall’s take on primate child rearing. She used much of it in the raising of our own son and daughter, both who seem to have survived splendidly.
It’s easy to see why Larson can make it in his own.
It’s nothing but funny - anthropomorphizing the chimps so that the wife is very suspicious and accusatory. Honestly, it was making g fun of jealous wives or girlfriends, not Jane Goodall.
?
You didn’t read it? Jane Goodall was not offended. She thought it was hilarious.
I think it’s funny, that the wife anthropomorphized, but the husband looks like just a chimp.
Yes I read it. I referred to the 1987 letter. It was written by Sue Engel. The letter is in the article.
Larson is funny. Comic Book Guy teased a simple behind-the-rumors story to death.
Those looking to be offended will be successful 100% of the time.
In relation to your post, someone once said “we do not choose to be hurt, but we do choose whether or not we are miserable about it”
Not sayi g the larson comic hurt anyone, but like your post suggests, some folks are choosing to be miserable over it. But the silver lini g is that they hzve to live with their miserable selves, we dont have to live with them.
Goodall found the cartoon funny.
It doesn't affect the humor of the cartoon, although it takes a little of the edge off of it (part of the humor is the bitchiness of the wife).
I can understand why they did it -- respect for Goodall. I wonder if Larson approved of the change or just overlooked it....
Long love Far Side, long live Gary Larson. His comics are exactly my humor and brought me so many laughs during many ups and downs of life. Sometimes it’s all the little things that get you through, like a comic strip that makes you laugh, or a great steak. 😋
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.