Peanuts by Charles Schulz for February 18, 2019

Unsolicited idiocy – that’s Lucy!

I used to know a child psychologist with no children. Maybe her knowledge of kids made her not want to have them.

They’re the best , C.B. ! Not a clue in the world, because real life is just a tad different than books might lead you to believe.

She has no place telling Charlie Brown about raising dogs with any experience at it herself.

Maiden aunt tells you how to raise your kids.

She gets mad over the SIMPLEST things

Do you really need experience before giving advice? For example, do I need to jump off a cliff before telling others that it can be dangerous? Do I have to be seriously injured in a traffic accident to be allowed to tell others that they should drive carefully? There are a lot of things a person can know without personal experience.

And she wonders why Schroeder won’t have anything to do with her… other than the fact that they’re all still kids, of course…

Just another excuse for you to pick on Charlie there, Lucy?

This is one of the rare times that Charlie Brown says more than just “Sigh”.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” – Theodore Roosevelt.

That you stink, Lucy.

I don’t remember who originally said it, but: A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who has never owned a car. (Personally, I have it in my records that I am to only have female gyns…but I have very good reasons.)

That could be the missing Peanuts TV special: “You Don’t Know How to Raise a Dog, Charlie Brown.”

I love Charlie Brown Snoopy Peanuts style

I never realized that a simple comic strip could bring up so many comments about everything that doesn’t even pertain to the comic!

I seem to recall Marcie once telling Peppermint Patty, “The best coaches are in the stands, sir.” However, I forget the context.

You could make the case for marriage counselors not being wed BECAUSE they’re experts on marriage.

There’s a difference between talking the talk, and walking the walk…

The really interesting difference is between marriage counselors who are married, marriage counselors who have never been married, and marriage counselors who are divorced.

ok… here a story about another “unmarried marriage counselor”: When my son was over 3 y old and still wearing diapers, my sister-in-law (who had a 7yo) lectured me that it is disgusting he still wears diapers, I should get rid of them etc. When I could put a word in her speech, I asked “how did you do it?”She turned to her husband, saying “t’was mostly the nanny, wasn’t it?”