Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for August 21, 2022

So The Fink was a test case?

That is a long lunch Fink, give up the table!

failed assassination atempt

That’s what got Emperor Claudius , Bad Mushrooms !

Phil sat on a toadstool.

Sometimes I just don’t get a strip’s point—this was one of those times.

Finally – (a new) respect for the King: as food taster for the kingdom.

That waiter will be soon hanging upside down in the dungeons with the spook!

Was there a giant caterpillar smoking a hookah on top of the mushroom that the King had for his meal?

The King, food tester.

I guess there’s some advantage to letting the King eat first.

Gives new meaning to the expression “Royal Food Taster”….

The King of ID is the official food tester? I thought they had a Royal Food Taster? Oh you said Freddie’s Dead, bad mushrooms?

Why the kitchen served them… it has to be deliberate.

Don’t ask. Don’t tell. Don’t deny. Don’t get in trouble.

I think this is how Big Pharma sees if they’re new drugs are ready for market.

Ha! I remember growing up…my grandma and mom would cook mushrooms and throw a dime in it…if it turned black they were poisonous…if never did turn…whew!

Somebody had to be the testee’.

… for the rest of the diners, the kitchen recommends anything but the mushrooms.

King, another helping of the mushrooms?

I recall the Babar Royal Mushroom Poisoning case.

So far no one has commented on the fact that the king was given a very undesirable table right next to the kitchen door.

Uh-oh! A mushroom cloud is above Fink’s head!

If you find yourself alone, riding in green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled. For you are in Elysium, and you’re already dead!

What a long strange trip the king’s about to have.