Peanuts by Charles Schulz for September 12, 2021

9 + 10 = 21

Can you actually spell Mississippi, PP?

M-I-crooked-letter-crooked-letter-I-crooked-letter-crooked-letter-I-humpback-humback-I

42 is correct.

I remember when I was very young feeling so pleased with myself that I knew how to spell Mississippi. Just as I was a few years later when I learned how to pronounce Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch and, 50 years later, still can.

0+0=0

She got it right in her fourth try. 42 is the answer to everything.

What is the question?

I always had trouble spelling “Massachusetts” as a kid (I live in NH, so we kind of had to be able to). The only way I could (and can) is remembering one of my little brother’s Book-and-Record sets, about a boy visiting his grandparents who was afraid that Santa wouldn’t be able to find him. His dad suggested writing a letter to Santa, so he did. He asked his dad how to spell “Massachusetts”. I can still hear it: “M-A…S-S-A…C-H-U…S-E-T-T-S.”

Patty the clueless.

Peppermint Patty, when it comes to school, is a lesson in futility.

I woke up in a biology class and Prof. Yang was talking about the floor! Huh!?!? I looked at the floor and couldn’t make heads nor tails of what was special about the floor! As I woke up more I realized it was his accent and he was talking about “flower”! Yeah, I flunked out of college, what a surprise, LOL!

Does she even look at the questions or read them?

And do I know the abbreviation for that state? I sure do, Miss!

Memories of every math class I was ever in!

Excellent Don Adams delivery, Patty. “Would you believe…”

She gets an A for enthusiasm and effort, I will say…..

Lower the bar, Patty.

Poor little girl. Look at her in frame 2, so happy that she finally knows something.

What’s the capital of Mississippi? …M

That’s what the answer to the question is I bet. Which river divides the eastern United States from the western United States? Of course Peppermint Patty will probably spell it Mysiesupee

Go back PP, I think it was 42.

THE answer is ALWAYS Forty-two, PP was right :)

She DID offer the answer, 42 — doesn’t “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” say the answer is always 42? (must be some kind of cosmic mathematical constant)