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  1. Term Adopted by Scientists After First Coined in a 1982 Cartoon
    "Thagomizer" has been used to refer to the spiky tails on a stegosaur's tail by the documentary series "Planet Dinosaur" (BBC), the book "The Complete Dinosaur", The Dinosaur National Monument and the #Smithsonian Institution.
    Gary Larson showed a cave-man teacher explaining the name as a tribute to Thag Simmons. Link to Wikipedia article.
    #late #great #ThagSimmons #Thagomizer #GaryLarson #FarSide #cartoon
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomiz

  2. On a near-daily basis my daughter asks me to explain the #FarSide cartoon on my desk calendar to her.

    This is often because #GaryLarson was riffing on once well-known tropes and references, often from Western or war films, that she’s not familiar with. Occasionally it’s the humour, in the normal manner of “but why is that funny?”

    However, I just don’t know *what* to say about today’s…

    #XRatedFarSide #cartoons #NewspaperComics #TheFarSide

  3. Shades of Fast Times at Ridgemont High in a classic The Far Side comic.

    "You know... I've been thinking about this, Mr. Hand. If' I'm here and you're here, doesn't this make it OUR time?"

    #Comics #TheFarSide #GaryLarson #Humor #Movies #FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh #MrHand #JeffSpicoli

  4. @stevesilberman It was a sad day in cubicle farms everywhere when Gary Larson's "Far Side" cartoons were replaced with "Dilbert" on the cubicle walls. #Thagomizer #GaryLarson