Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for May 04, 2024

That would be me. I call it feeding the fish

Watching humans hork.

Ah, chumming the water to attract more sea critters to a feast.

And it’s a flat calm sea too.

Ewwwww

I haven’t see the word hurk since the Garfield strip.

I went whale watching with a group of young people a few years ago. Most of them had never been on a boat before let alone very far out. The results were not that different from today’s strip — although we had cameras on our phones to document it all.

Humans take to the sea so well.

I don’t suffer from that on ships, but most certainly do flying on jet planes, even with no turbulence. My wife has to ensure other people that I’ll be fine after the plane lands.

Heave, ho!

Eh water you doin hoomin? You allergic to whale or sometheeng?

Back in my day, it was “Ralph”, “Buick” “Spew” and “Hurl”………….“Hork” is a new but acceptable substitute. Did I miss any?

We did a whale watching tour when I was stationed in Monterey, CA. It was supposed to be a big family thing to celebrate our next military move.

Instead it was two hours of sick kids and an upset wife. And no whales.

I understand that Ahab went on a whale-watching tour.

Going over the ocean by rail.

But when a whale does it, it’s ambergris – an expensive perfume ingredient described as having a marine, fecal odor when “fresh”

He opted to make the tour by rail. Apologies to Mark Twain.

Hope that’s not Captain Hork.

It’s strange to see Wizard of Id without any of the usual characters.

Time to change the Whale Watch tour banner …

Passengers, we are now the Shark Watch tour … someone added the fresh chum to the waters.

Ewww! Puking in OUR living room!

We are one big giant reality show.

The Barfolympics halftime score: Hurks 2 to 1 over the Horks. Thanks, Ralph, for bringing that up.

“free shot”!!!!!

The whales are doing the watching.

I had a friend who got nauseated touring an anchored naval frigate.

If he’s that sick in a dead calm, I’d hate to see what happens when a storm hits.

Well, we can add whales to the list of animals Mastroianni can’t draw very well. Although, the distortions may be a stylistic choice.