Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for March 17, 2022

Play with that butterfly a bit longer and there will be one less monarch around to be seen in Id.

the fink not fond of royal-sounding insects?

… uh … except for you, our great King."

[Just like the butterfly, the king is a monarch and a little fella.]

Sure doesn’t look like a monarch butterfly to me.

If you want to see what a monarch butterfly actually looks like, I suggest you Google it or, as I did, go to DuckDuckGo.

In recent years the population in California had been markedly diminished. It was discovered they enjoyed Cancun so much they stayed year ’round. Oh! Dear me. You meant butterflies.

I don’t know, Wiz … come check out my SoCal front and back yards any sunny day of the year—my butterfly gardens always have at least one, and usually several, monarchs fluttering around, as well as sulphurs, cabbage whites, gulf frittilarys, and LBJs (little brown jobs). Plus bees and hummingbirds—they provide quite a floor show when I want to kick back on my patio, especially when a couple of cavorting squirrels join the cast.

Well, help me! Internet doesn’t seem to know…

What is “do the spell” referencing to?

“Don’t see many monarch this days”; is it criticism against the king?

Let me guess… global warming?

A little sidetracked this morning, are we, Wiz?

Don’t see many “pitch forks, pikes, or lit torches” either. King Fink must have “raised taxes”, again.

Lots of dictators though.

Don’t make Wiz cause trouble with chaos theory. "A butterfly flaps its wings in the Kingdom of Id, and subsequently a storm ravages half of Europe.”

Oh Monarch, great and wise, does the Fink have long til demise?

The butterfly should be wearing a crown if it is a Monarch.

I used to see a lot of butterflies when I was growing up. Monarchs were prevalent and it was neat catching one and then watching it and then it would fly away after a while. I lived in a rural area. Now that I live in a bigger city, I rarely see butterflies and all I see now are bees and wasps and ants. Development sure ruins the countryside.

I’ve got a better solution – invite everyone for a St. Paddy’s Day party.

Transform the monarch into Mothra, Wiz

I agree with Wiz, and that’s a shame. Save the monarchs, they’re beautiful IMO.

The monarch butterfly population is up this year. It varies widely from year to year. One year it will go down too far to recover. Enjoy our fluttery friends. Plant milkweed, if you can.

Shut up crowd! Nature moments like that CAN’T be missed!

I wonder what form of government they are using since they overthrew the king.

The butterflies are fine; the other kind need to become extinct.

The Fink is dead! Long live the Fink!

I guess the King is not patient with Wiz, who is quite fascinated with the butterfly.