If you go way back, Spook didn’t get imprisoned for calling the king a fink. He called him a two-bit, four-flushing, dirty, rotten, low-down indiscriminate clod. The ISBN of the book it’s in is 449-02842-060.
I always thought “Spook” was the castle architect and because he knows about all it’s secrets was why he’s been imprisoned all these years… And thinking of the King as a fink was an afterthought…
Incredible. I called Rodney “Sir Rodney the Chicken-Hearted” in a tag, independent of any strip or comment I recall seeing. And now I see it tonight on Wikipedia’s article on the strip…I wonder if my memory’s going.
Anyway, here’s the comment on the Spook:
Spook: A miserable, comically destitute prisoner who for many years has lived in the dungeons beneath the castle. He is covered from head to toe with hair, sometimes being likened to a giant rat. His crime was one of a few mentioned things (when a visiting earl expressed an interest in meeting the only person to beat the King at croquet, he is introduced to the Spook. Or when he called the King a “two bit, four flushing, dirty, lowdown, indiscriminate clod” in an early strip), but most of the time it is accepted that the King sentenced Spook to a lifetime in the dungeon for calling him a fink. He is treated poorly by the system, but his best friend is the warder Turnkey, posted outside his cell. He lives happily beneath the level of the moat, eating “swill - a bland, disgusting slop similar to garbage - and for a hobby attempts to escape on a regular basis. He normally tunnels under the walls only to have his plans ironically cut short. His favorite book is “101 Ways to Escape” (coincidentally written by himself). It is mentioned that his full name is Wellington J. Farnsworth Spookingdorf the Third in a strip featured in Volume #10 of the series.
How do you think the King got his ‘alias’, he told on all the
other kids in the castle and finally did it to his Dad. That is
how ‘the fink’ became King.
Llewellenbruce almost 15 years ago
Guess you just weren’t serious enough to the Fink. Better luck the next time your parole hearing comes up in 20 years.
pouncingtiger almost 15 years ago
Some things you can’t say with a straight face.
EarlWash almost 15 years ago
Yup, and you’re a little funny yourself.
COWBOY7 almost 15 years ago
Honesty is supposed to be the best policy. Here I’m not so sure!
Edcole1961 almost 15 years ago
If you go way back, Spook didn’t get imprisoned for calling the king a fink. He called him a two-bit, four-flushing, dirty, rotten, low-down indiscriminate clod. The ISBN of the book it’s in is 449-02842-060.
tirnaaisling almost 15 years ago
Fer Lefer are you impugning our ability to make witty and imaginative reposts?
Rakkav almost 15 years ago
In other words, Edcole1961, he called the King a fink (longhand, as it were). :))
But thanks for that information!
pamlicorat almost 15 years ago
I bet I could say it with a straight face. It’s one of the perks of being a Theatre Teacher.
lightblade77 almost 15 years ago
So that’s what Spook is in for!
alviebird almost 15 years ago
There has also been a inference that he is there because he is the only person to ever beat the king at croquet.
Trainwreck_1 almost 15 years ago
I always thought “Spook” was the castle architect and because he knows about all it’s secrets was why he’s been imprisoned all these years… And thinking of the King as a fink was an afterthought…
GROG Premium Member almost 15 years ago
I think you’re right Susan001. I’d like to see the world’s best poker player try.
Charles Brobst Premium Member almost 15 years ago
No, the King is a fink.
Rakkav almost 15 years ago
Incredible. I called Rodney “Sir Rodney the Chicken-Hearted” in a tag, independent of any strip or comment I recall seeing. And now I see it tonight on Wikipedia’s article on the strip…I wonder if my memory’s going.
Anyway, here’s the comment on the Spook:
Spook: A miserable, comically destitute prisoner who for many years has lived in the dungeons beneath the castle. He is covered from head to toe with hair, sometimes being likened to a giant rat. His crime was one of a few mentioned things (when a visiting earl expressed an interest in meeting the only person to beat the King at croquet, he is introduced to the Spook. Or when he called the King a “two bit, four flushing, dirty, lowdown, indiscriminate clod” in an early strip), but most of the time it is accepted that the King sentenced Spook to a lifetime in the dungeon for calling him a fink. He is treated poorly by the system, but his best friend is the warder Turnkey, posted outside his cell. He lives happily beneath the level of the moat, eating “swill - a bland, disgusting slop similar to garbage - and for a hobby attempts to escape on a regular basis. He normally tunnels under the walls only to have his plans ironically cut short. His favorite book is “101 Ways to Escape” (coincidentally written by himself). It is mentioned that his full name is Wellington J. Farnsworth Spookingdorf the Third in a strip featured in Volume #10 of the series.IndyMan almost 15 years ago
‘Joe Allen’
How do you think the King got his ‘alias’, he told on all the other kids in the castle and finally did it to his Dad. That is how ‘the fink’ became King.