Peanuts by Charles Schulz for August 26, 2014

well – if gramma “sneaks a smoke” and falls off the wagon – he gets his blanket back (only fair)

Ya, this sounds like yet another evil sister trick. No way I’d believe it. And I certainly wouldn’t give it to HER!

Gramma will never make it.

Anyone remember in the cartoon when Lucy said she buried his blanket? Then Linus went through the worst withdrawl. Made me wonder if Mr Schultz ever had a similar experience with that portrayal.

Well we could give Linus an E-blanket but with his wet thumb could likely have his hair standing on end!!

Gee I love this comic strip! Hey everybody, do you think I should get the books “It’s a Big World, Charlie Brown” and “It’s a Dog’s Life, Snoopy”, or wait until they come out with the 24th volume of The Complete Peanuts? (PLEASE answer, somebody.)

My wife had a heart attack Jan 1, 2001. When they were wheeling her into the emergency room on the gurney, she looked up at me and said, “This should be you here!”.She never smoked and I quit that day, forever…

Three attempts at cold turkey. I knew I had it beat when smoke started smelling bad instead of good.

For another take on smoking, consider this from a January 1992 strip: Snoopy’s brother, Spike, is reminiscing alone in the desert. “When I was little and I said my stomach hurt, Mom would give me milk and honey. If I had an earache, Dad would blow cigar smoke into my ear. I wonder where he got the cigars?” (Personally, I wonder why a dog was smoking cigars in the first place!) Has anybody heard of this? Was it an ancient home medical remedy, or did Schulz think it up?

How many want to see Linus giving Lucy his blanket-by wrapping it around her throat like a garotte!

Lucy’s enjoyed that, I’ll bet.

What exactly is “A.M.A.” here? I immediately thought “Academy of Model Aeronautics”, but I’m sure that’s not it.