Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for November 16, 2022

The devil is always in the details

The Wizard should start a joke shop.

You need to be specific and tell the wizard what you’re wanting to hit the bull’s eye with.

Well it did do what you asked it to do.

The Wiz is a literal kind of guy.

WOW! Sir Rod went right thru, even the arrows don’t.

The Wiz loves to mess with Rodney.

Just like the old idiom says: "Be careful what you wish for (or ask for), you might actually get it – just not in the way you meant it or wanted it.

Fits Rodney’s talents.

“I think he got the point” ~ James Bond in Thunderball……

Be careful what you wish for…

But I didn’t think that Rodney had a needle nose.

I guess that this is what you get for cheating.

He needs to put targets all around the castle, then sprinkle some of that on the huns.

I know I saw this same gag in the old Parker & Hart Wizard of Id!

I don’t think that counts, but maybe…

Next time, be a little more specific, Rod!

Today’s lesson we learned is that when you are asking a Wizard for a magic spell, you have to be more precise in what you ask for than even an Ikea Instructions Guide Book! “Take ah thee nut we call Gunther three Bee and attach it to bolt named Ivan 21 Zed.”

The power of the words, it’s how you say it that counts. Yip yip yip yip yip

Good thing it wasn’t the eye of an actual bull.

First strip to make me chuckle all day.

This one actually made me laugh!

better a target than an actual bulls eye

When Wiz is a literalist…

I have never respected Wiz so much before in my life.

Dare I ask where the bow and arrow landed.

I hope he was the last archer to shoot.

Play on words. Reminds me of a time long ago when a friend and I were riding inside an elevator. There were just three of us inside the elevator: a woman (didn’t know her), my friend, and I. I was mentioning to my friend I kept my kids in a kennel when they’d bad. I also send them to the kennels for their meals. You could tell the woman was getting perplexed. The final straw for her was when I told my friend I made my kids bark for their meal. She started to verbally tell me off, but my friend spoke up and said my kids are canines. The look on her face was priceless. Yip yip yip yip yip

Uuummmm, Wiz? The potion was a BIT strong….

The first rule of magic in literature throughout all time: Be VERY specific about what you want.

“hip hip hooray” The crowed went wild. “hip hip hooray” Encore! Encore! Do it again Rodney.

To add insult to injury, Rodney also failed the urine test.

This could create a whole new means of getting the troops into the battle field. Who needs horses when you’ve got magic arrows.

So, that massive thing in his backpack is a giant arrow? All these decades I thought it was a spear!

BE MORE SPECIFIC when dealing with magic.

Wiz has wicked sense of humor.

The arrow Rodney. The arrow

Should’ve been a bit more specific in that request…

This one nearly made me snort chardonnay out my nose……..

Words choice, sir knight :)

The jury is still deliberating…