the.com/far side

means The far side of something is the side facing away from you — and as a name, it belongs to Gary Larson's single-panel comic famous for its warped, deadpan view of cows, scientists, and the afterlife alike.

from 'Far' traces back to Old English feorr, 'distant,' a word with deep Germanic roots meaning simply 'not near.' 'Side' comes from Old English side, meaning the flank or edge of something. Put together, 'far side' just means the distant edge of a thing — the moon has one, a room has one. Gary Larson borrowed that plain geography for his comic's title, suggesting his jokes came from the edge of normal thinking, the far side of everyone else's brain.