Mythical Monarch Mugs

'What is all the racket up here?!'

A king watches a hand with spoon rising from a bowl of soup

"Surprise!"

"'Conquer Spain'? 'Balance the budget'? 'Reform the justice system'? -- You call this a honey-do list?"

'No, you can't play poker tonight! The last time you played, you lost Schewig-Holstein!'

"Is this the same gold bar I gave you last year?"

'Your Grandpa achieved greatness, he thrust greatness upon me, and then you were born great!'

Sisyphus during Covid

Phoenix

"Don't worry, princess, I'm sure one day your Mr. Divine Right will come along."

"Of all the labour saving devices invented in the last 70 years, this is one's favourite."

''Depression'? -- You or the country or both?'

"I have to admit. You talked a good game."

"Yes, but you were the defender of the wrong faith."

'Whomever pulls the sword from the stone will lead this project.'

'Between you and me Wizard, is it true that you intellectuals have pointed heads?'

(Mother Goose: playboy's Mirthful Master of the Macabre serves Up Some Strange Twists On a Clutch of Children's Classics.) "Is this supposed to be somebody's idea of a joke?"

'This is great! -- I should have thought of tax simplification years ago!'

'Could you scoot your chair over this way a little dear?'

'He just outlawed his in-laws.'

King completes rubik's cube.

Lion to safari man: 'I'm the king of the jungle and these are my official spokesmen.'

'You can scratch your back when the war is over!'

"It's either this or a country run by lawyers."

"Enemies, yes, but doesn't your moat also keep out love?"

"The peasants have lost all respect for the moat."

'I know it seems like a war, but it's actually an all-out struggle for peace!'

"We lost another battle? Why does this keep happening?"

"King and clown—why can't I be both?"

'Let it go, will you? -- That whoopie cushion incident was years ago!'

"Friend or foe?"

'Well, you DID know this job was dangerous when you took it.'

"We're mythical. Have fun with it."

'Keep it under you hat, but I want you to enrich some uranium.'

"The militant hard-liners are making demands, the fanatical zealots are issuing threats, and the moderate centrists are offering suggestions."