https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/01/4

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Of course, the slugs worshipped their god out of fear, not love.

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A few years ago, the Citizen-Journal in Columbus, Ohio, made a slight mistake regarding which Far Side caption went with which cartoon.

The caption for the "slug" cartoon, depicting a mass of slugs worshiping their "god" and chanting some nonsensical intonation, was repeated the following day with the "tree house" cartoon. Instead of the version shown in the upper left corner, what Columbus readers saw was the cartoon at left.

And how many letters did I have forwarded to me asking for an explanation? Don't ask.

why don't we have the eeny caption? i prefer it to the one we have here, and the context makes no mention of the fear-not-love caption

Good question, I'm not sure. This is just what was posted to the site. Not sure how much Gary Larson is involved with this vs just some random people 🤷

i suppose we get the best of both worlds. it is unsettling though, to think that on any given day we might be getting a 'random people' caption and not know it