Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for October 16, 2021

Sighs matter.

He’s been hanging out with Veeblefester again.

Hey! Do you see that star that seems to be coming at us? Too late.

Billions? Isn’t it said that you can only see on a clear night about 7,000 stars with the unaided eye? (Assuming Galileo hasn’t invented the telescope yet in the kingdom of ID.)

Way to deflate his ego even further……

There’s also a lot of emptiness out there in space.

It’s generally accepted that this strip is set in the Middle Ages and this was supported by a strip from two or three years ago when the present day was described as being in the distant future. Assuming that it is Medieval, this was a time when people had some idea of the vastness of the universe but wrongly believed that the Earth was at the centre of the universe rather than a planet moving around a star.

Careful, Rodney! That sigh might have you sharing a wall with Spook tonight!

I remember going out with my dad on some summer nights to see the stars…that was before the suburbs started exploding and caused light pollution…

“So much Universe, so little time” ~ Sir Terry Pratchett….

Billions and billions…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ex__M-OwSA

Gone way to young.

It’s a start…

Don’t look now, Shorty, but the Duke could be eyeing your throne.

The fink doesn’t know he’s the smallest one of all…one, for saying it and two, he’s a short sh¡t!

Perspective is sometimes a matter of . . . perspective.

Or maybe we’re insignificant… like diamonds…

… and yet, there he stands, looking DOWN at the King. Have a nice night fink.

And Rodney and all the soldiers went on strike just as the Huns attacked… whoops.

Hey fink. Your short runt size makes you the most insignificant one of all!

Until one of them drops an anvil on your toe.

He was OH so close……

Really need to pick up the quality of the drawing.

King Fink would have no problem in the Total Perspective Vortex.

“You all”?

Originally the telescope was used to spot ships as they approached the harbor. Galileo aimed it at the heavens just for the halibut, and discovered four Jovian moons. But no halibut.