Wizard of Id Classics by Parker and Hart for June 18, 2023

Still time to go visit him down in the dungeon.

I thought King’s Day was the third Monday in January.

Kings don’t usually have fathers when they become kings. They usually become kings when their fathers die. However, some kings do abdicate and see their sons succeed them.

Once a king always a king but once a knight is enough.

Well, at least the rat gives him better food than he gets from the Fink.

He was ‘short’ one week.

Missed it by that much.

King Charles III’s father was only a prince.

Isn’t dad in the dungeon?

I could be interesting to see Spook after he got a shave and a haircut.

The monarch’s birthday has been celebrated in the United Kingdom since 1748, during the reign of King George II. Even when their real birthday was in May or June, the celebration was often on a different date. Edward VII, who reigned from 1901 to 1910 and whose birthday was on 9 November, moved his official birthday to summer, in the hope of good weather. King George VI, born on 14 December, celebrated his official birthday from 7 to 12 June. Queen Elizabeth II’s official birthday was (usually) the second Saturday in June. King Charles III’s was announced as being the third Saturday in June.

A pyrrhic victory it would seem.