Peanuts by Charles Schulz for March 06, 2016

Ooh, what an evil look in Snoopy’s eyes!

If it was a creepy-crawly worm, wouldn’t you feel it creeping-crawling?

“Now, Bill, sit where you are,” said the beggar. “If I can’t see, I can hear a finger stirring. Business is business. Hold out your left hand. Boy, take his left hand by the wrist and bring it near to my right.”We both obeyed him to the letter, and I saw him pass something from the hollow of the hand that held his stick into the palm of the captain’s, which closed upon it instantly.“And now that’s done,” said the blind man; and at the words he suddenly left hold of me, and with incredible accuracy and nimbleness, skipped out of the parlour and into the road, where, as I still stood motionless, I could hear his stick go tap-tap-tapping into the distance.It was some time before either I or the captain seemed to gather our senses, but at length, and about at the same moment, I released his wrist, which I was still holding, and he drew in his hand and looked sharply into the palm.“Ten o’clock!” he cried. “Six hours. We’ll do them yet,” and he sprang to his feet.Even as he did so, he reeled, put his hand to his throat, stood swaying for a moment, and then, with a peculiar sound, fell from his whole height face foremost to the floor.I ran to him at once, calling to my mother. But haste was all in vain. The captain had been struck dead by thundering apoplexy.

R. L. Stevenson, Treasure Island

A sucker comes along every minute.

How unkind of Linus to perpetuate the same mean trick. Should have just tossed whatever.

Did P.T. Barnum write this comic strip?

Hands?

There was a similar story with Faron, Frieda’s cat, being handed off from one kid to another to hold while she went off somewhere.

He’s a Beagle. He has a great nose! Smell it first and check it out. It might be a Milk Bone.

@Thomas Scott RobertsAs the world’s only “boneless” cat, Faron was pretty close to a worm, if you think about it…….

I better try this prank sometimes.

“Never wear a shirt” LOL

What Is It…

Just when I thought Snoopy was continuing to be so sweet and innocent.

xxx

“Never wear a shirt” doesn’t always help…

@El Segundocopy – paste from www.gutenberg.orgYes, I still have the time to read a book, I hope that doesn’t change.

Aww, man! I wanted to know what it was!

This strip is one of the few examples of a Sunday continuity in Peanuts. Linus sings Snoopy’s name in the first panel just like Lucy sang Linus’ name in the first panel of the previous Sunday strip.

I’m confused. How did Snoopy get something in his “hands”? We never see Linus put anything there.