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The cartoon confused man y readers, who wrote or phoned in seeking an explanation of the joke. In respo nse to the controversy, Larson issued a press release clarifying that the thru st of the cartoon was simply that, if a cow were to make tools, they would "la ck something in sophistication".[1] It has been described as "arguably the mos t loathed Far Side strip ever" while also becoming a popular internet meme.[2] The "cow tools" cartoon Description edit "Cow tools" is a single-panel black and white cartoon depicting a cow standing on its hind legs at a table, with a barn in the background. On the table are four objects: one resembles a crude hand saw, while the others are more abstra ct. The caption beneath the cartoon reads "Cow tools". Reactions edit A real-life recreation of "Cow Tools" shared on social media. The cartoon's an ti-humor has made it a popular subject for Internet memes. Immediately upon the cartoon's publication, Chronicle Features, which syndicat ed The Far Side, was inundated with queries from readers and newspaper editors seeking an explanation of the cartoon. According to the general manager of Ch ronicle Features, "the phone never stopped ringing for two days."[3] Larson hi mself received hundreds of letters about "Cow Tools", some of which were repri nted in the 1989 anthology The Prehistory of The Far Side. In one letter, a re ader from Texas wrote that they had shown the cartoon to "40-odd professionals with doctoral degrees", and none could understand it.[4] Reflecting on the cartoon's reception, Larson suggested he had erred in making one of the tools resemble a crude saw, which misled many readers into believi ng that to understand the cartoon's message, they needed to decipher the ident ities of the other three tools.[5] Several decades after its release, the cartoon became a popular Internet meme, with the drawing of the tools from the cartoon being edited into other images .[5][6] Explanation edit Larson took the unusual step of issuing a press release, explaining the joke: The cartoon was intended to be an exercise in silliness. While I have never me t a cow who could make tools, I felt sure that if I did, they (the tools) woul d lack something in sophistication and resemble the sorry specimens shown in t his cartoon. I regret that my fondness for cows, combined with an overactive i magination, may have carried me beyond what is comprehensible to the average F ar Side reader.[1] Years later, in The Prehistory of the Far Side, Larson further explained that he was inspired by the idea that tool use was the characteristic that separate d mankind from the rest of the animal kingdom.[4] See also edit Tool use by non-human animals References edit "'Far Side' sparks cow controversy". The Spokesman-Review. October 29, 1982. Archived from the original on July 8, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020. Staley, Willy (July 13, 2012). "Lady Mondegreen and the Miracle of Misheard S ong Lyrics". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 18, 20 19. Retrieved December 20, 2019. Jaffe, Jody (November 8, 1982). "Comic too far out for 'Far Side' fans". The Lexington Leader. Larson, Gary (1989). The prehistory of the Far side : a 10th anniversary exhi bit. Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel. pp. 156–57. ISBN 0-8362-1851-5. OCLC 20 378773. Feldman, Brian (December 17, 2019). "Gary Larson Hesitantly Logs On". Intelli gencer. Archived from the original on December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 20 , 2019. Rauwerda, Annie (January 15, 2022). "Why does Gen Z love 'Cow Tools,' a nonse nsical comic from 1982?". Input. Archived from the original on May 14, 2022. R etrieved June 1, 2022. External links edit Listen to this article (2 minutes) Duration: 2 minutes and 16 seconds.2:16Spoken Wikipedia icon This audio file was created from a revision of this article dated 16 June 2021 , and does not reflect subsequent edits. (Audio help 뜠More spoken articles) Last edited 4 months ago by (Oinkers42) RELATED ARTICLES The Far Side Comic strip by Gary Larson The Prehistory of The Far Side 1989 book by Gary Larson Nature's Way American comic strip by Gary Larson Wikipedia Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. 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