Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for February 06, 2023

Hmmm……I wonder what will happen next.

One person’s boredom is another person’s “dream life"

Some bored people don’t realize how good they have it.

Me too, I went no place and I loved it…BUT…what if I went someplace?

Even Wiz’ plant looks bored.

Echo’s of the pandemic…….

The grass is not greener on the other side of the fence.

I’d say he should’ve that before breaking the law; but since this comic strip is set it the Middle Ages, the law he might’ve broken was missing mass too many times.

Boredom is a luxury.

If he put his mind to it, I’m sure the Wiz could conjure up something interesting.

Agree. ’Tis the season…

Funny, you two don’t look like pieces of wood…

Life is like prison, confirmed.

To me being retired every day is the same

Borrrred and Monday don’t go together. Yip yip yip yip yip

I’m bored too. In my case, I think it’s terminal cabin fever.

What did he do to be in jail for so long?

Looks like they need to be entertained for once.

I’m always startled to see the Wizard’s bare knees—

“It’s not having what you want. It’s wanting what you’ve got!”

Bored? With so much work to be done? Spook can have some hard labor improving the infrastructure and the Wiz can go cure cancer or something.

I suppose, boredom, though a part of life, is a relative thing. So that whatever your circumstances, boredom or joy can be a part.

You could try escaping for the 219th time

Seems to be going around…

Pick up a book, Wiz! At least you have that option.

A known cure for boredom is action.

I am never bored. Free time is prized for a book or nap or extra walk.

Ever notice that the Spook and the Wiz look alike? I wonder if the Spook is Wiz’s older brother/father who made it rain toads in the castle one to many times?

Boredom will chase you if you don’t get your butt moving and find something to do. At least the prisoner has an excuse.

It’s strange…back in the 60’s and 70’s we only had 4 TV channels to watch…maybe more if you lived close enough to big cities and were in range of other UHF channels…but I always managed to find something to watch. Now I’ve got over 200 channels, plus streaming services, DVD’s out the wazoo….but many a night i find NOTHING that piques my interest…so I just go to bed, cuddle up to my beautiful babydoll wife and read a book.

Random Musings:

If the grass is always greener, they should let him out for a day so he can graze; the way the King runs his kingdom, he might be happy to go back to jail.

Dave Berg did the best “grass is always greener” strip in a Lighter Side comic for Mad. In successive panels, we see the stockroom boy, the supervisor, the manager, the veep — all feeling unappreciated and just waiting for the day they get the next job up the ladder. In the final panel we see the CEO, trembling under the strain of all his responsibilities, wishing to be a stockroom boy again.

Borrring…