Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for June 18, 2011

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    mark63  over 13 years ago

    I thought it was with the lady in the lake.

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    Rodney99  over 13 years ago

    Well you can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

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    GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago

    Has the Fink got Arthur locked up?

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    lewisbower  over 13 years ago

    In every version I read, The Fink threw it in the lake as a tax dodge.If you remember TennisonThough forged in fire by God’s contructionThe Fink hid it in the Lake as a tax deduction.And nobody in the noble land of IdWill ever admit what the Fink’s accountant did.

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    rshive  over 13 years ago

    An opportunity missed, Rodney! You could have been famous.

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    fritzoid Premium Member over 13 years ago

    gmartin, maybe in the second panel they’ve turned around and are walking back…

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    Sandfan  over 13 years ago

    Available at a Renaissance fair near you.

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    gjsjr41  over 13 years ago

    Beware….magical rocks.

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    JanLC  over 13 years ago

    Common mistake. The sword Arthur drew from the stone is NOT Excalibur. As others have said, Excalibur was provided by and returned to the Lady of the Lake.

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    falcon_370f  over 13 years ago

    Just what I was about to point out, JanCin.

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    carsieb  over 13 years ago

    Rock did cross the road. Notice the road is the same and the birds have made progress

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    tuslog64  over 13 years ago

    Turn around? Sword is still on the near side of the rock and the background is still the same. Maybe the road changed alignment.

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    JP Steve Premium Member over 13 years ago

    Isn’t it obvious what happened? The four birds picked up the rock, flew it across the road and set it down again!

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    Comics Cat  over 13 years ago

    could be they turned around and left.

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    night ranger  over 13 years ago

    The sword in the stone was indeed Excalibur, thrust into the stone by Arthur’s father Uther Pendragon. After he was ambushed and eventually losing the battle decided not to relinquish Excalibur and shoved it into the stone.

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    mig1954  over 13 years ago

    as you can see there is a shadow in one frame and nothing in the other so they got to the rock and turned around

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    ghretighoti  over 13 years ago

    What is that saying about “A foolish consistency…?” Saying also says something about hobgoblins… Maybe those birds are hobgoblins? … Do cartoonists need editors and proofreaders?

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    steve26  over 13 years ago

    The sword in the stone was a different blade to Excalibur – it magically appeared in a churchyard in the years between the reign of Uther & Arthur bearing the legend that whomsoever drew the sword from the stone would be king. Arthur drew it, thus proving his lineage and right to the throne. He later broke the sword in battle and Merlin took him to The Lady of the Lake who gave him Excalibur. As he lay dying after battling Mordred at Camlan, Arthur gave Excalibur to a servant, telling him to cast it into the lake. At first the servant disobeyed, but Arthur ordered him to return. He did and the lady’s arm rose from the water to receive the sword. John Borman nicely combined the two swords into one in “Excalibur” – possibly the greatest movie version of the Arthur story ever.

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