Peanuts by Charles Schulz for July 09, 1955
Transcript:
Charlie Brown stands talking to Violet who is sitting on the sidewalk. He asks, "Do you know that there are over two billion people in the world?"<br> <br> He exclaims, "And not One of them likes me! Not One!!"<br> <br> He continues, "And do you know what makes it even worse?"<br> <br> He sits next to her and concludes, "the way the population is rising, I'm getting more unpopular every day!"<br> <br>
Great Pumpkin over 12 years ago
Now it is 7 billion. We need to stop population-increase and increase food-production. At the time of this comic-strip Agronomist Norman Ernest Borlaug worked on wheat which saved a billion people from starvation.
yow4zip Premium Member over 9 years ago
Wow, even people who don’t know he exists dislike him.
AlanTompkins almost 4 years ago
There’s always food storage. We at our home have over a year’s supply for such emergencies, also fishing equipment and a rifle and revolver for hunting should such need arise.
Nate Wright! about 3 years ago
almost 8 bil now
[Unnamed Reader - b10daf] over 1 year ago
Self deprecation is Charlie Brown’s least endearing trait. And the claim that nobody liked him was always false.
Frankie5466 9 months ago
According to the live WorldOMeter which is constantly keeping track and you can literally watch the numbers go up in real time, as of right now (January 30, 2024) we’re up to 8,088,366,247 (those last 2 digits are changing constantly!)