Peanuts by Charles Schulz for March 15, 1962
March 14, 1962
March 16, 1962
Transcript:
Linus watches tv. Lucy shouts, "Don't sit there watching tv without your glasses! Do you want to ruin your eyes?!"<BR><BR> Linus says, "My opthamologist says that not wearing glasses cannot hurt the eyes even if those glasses are badly needed for adequate vision."<BR><BR> Linus resumes watching tv.<BR><BR> Lucy asks, "What does your opthamologist think of the foreign situation?"<BR><BR>
yow4zip Premium Member over 2 years ago
It’s foreign to him.
Anton Sherwood over 1 year ago
When I got glasses in 1970 I was told to wear them always. Likely my vision would have worsened more slowly had I taken them off for books.
Stormwyrm over 1 year ago
It is to be remembered that 1962 was the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the trade embargo was imposed against Cuba (that remains in force as of this day in 2023) only a month prior to this strip’s publication. The U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers was exchanged for a Soviet spy also a month before. It was a time of rather messy foreign relations for the US and its allies.
And no, I’m not an ophthalmologist. 8D