Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for December 08, 2024

The check for a castle bounced

The Ghost Army of Id.

Id’s army, much like its king, is largely comprised of hot air and aspirations.

Nice sound effects.

Something is seriously wrong. Rod is in the front

Johnny Hart is a peerless master of onomatopoeia.

Several similar acts of deceit were perpetrated during WW2 – wooden tanks, for example…

A perfect ambush!

BAZINGA PUNK!

The vinyl act of defiance.

What a waste of a good bouncy castle.

Maybe the first time that we’ve seen Rodney being remotely aggressive.

That arrow should have contained a bill. Those bouncy castles aren’t cheap.

….and Ed has a pocket full of money!!!!!!!!

If only Ed could make a fake town of Rock Ridge, that would be something!

sorry, but the place your trying to pillage is in another castle… hey I tried. :}

“Florporlphhf”? Seriously? “Fatwong” and “Blap” make more sense.

The arrow space industry has been in business for centuries, long before Steve Martin embraced at record speed.

Did Ed know? I hope he has good insurance to cover his loss.

Ed will not be pleased at the way his bouncy castle was deflated.

They did that during WWII and the Germans fell for it.

Today’s strip inspired by inflatable tanks used in Operation Fortitude

Also reminiscent of the beginning of the first Despicable Me movie.

Reminds me…….I haven’t “Florporlphhfed” yet today.

Ed’s Bouncy Castles deserves a bonus!

That was a clever trick. But they won’t get the deposit back on the castle. There’s a big hole in it.

I noticed Temu offers sizeable inflatable buildings for camping or parties. Around a thousand dollars but still interesting. Monolithic Domes inflates membranes and then sprays polyurethane foam and then concrete inside to form the building shells. It looks like these others could be inflated and then stuccoed and/or foamed to build the shells and then deflated and moved to next location.

They could also be used to confuse Huns.

Yep. You’ve been suckered.

The next arrow brings the invoice for replacing the inflatable Castle that “YOU” destroyed …….. DUE 10 DAYS ….. :)

Now that’s a decoy !

There’s a story from World War II, told by Michael Bentine (a founding member of The Goons comedy group), about how some clever boffins in England came up with the idea of setting up inflatable tanks to fool German reconnaissance aircraft. The next day a German reconnaissance aircraft flew over and dropped a dummy, wooden bomb on them. :)

I believe that’s the only time I have seen the Id forces with the upper hand. (Which explains why Rod is at the front.)

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