Peanuts by Charles Schulz for March 20, 2024

Why do people ask that question?

Probably to have something interesting to talk about in heaven.

Hooverville?

Now that I know that I’ve needed you

So Help me Jesus, my soul’s in Your hand

(Kris Kristofferson)

Why me? Because if it wasn’t me, it would be someone else asking the same question.

As a kid in the 60’s, used to use big boxes to play in like that.

A crack of lightning, the sound or rolling thunder! Out of nowhere a booming voice answers……“I don’t know, Charlie Brown, there’s something about you that just pi$$e$ me off!”

He’s echoing Kris Kristofferson.

Walk in faith and not by sight Charlie Brown.

Oh the suffering………Now bring snoopy in out of the snow…….enjoy your comeupance

I just wonder, where are Charlie Brown’s parents, and do they care he appears to be missing? I know in this strip you never see them or any other adults really, with the noticeable exception of Linus and Lucy’s Mom riding their little brother Re-Run on het bike, but still…

You and Job, Charlie Brown. You and Job.

“You…whizzed…me…off” Lord.

Doesn’t Charlie Brown remember 1973 Kris Kristofferson song called “Why Me, Lord”?

“Why am I sleeping in a cardboard box?” Because you chose to go on the lam when confronted by a letter from the EPA about your tree-biting incident…

“Why not me, Lord”?

Still think biting the kite-eating tree was worth it?

That’s okay Chuck, God doesn’t really respond to that question anyways. It’s strictly rhetorical.

Shall we indeed accept good from God, and not accept adversity? Job 2:10

God: “Hello, Charlie. This is God. You are actually the reincarnation of a nazi officer from WWII.”

CB: “Oh… Uh… Which one?”

God: “Let’s put it this way: don’t ever grow a moustache.”

because my son you took a bite out one of the trees of Yavanna and it was sleep in as box or be torn apart by ents,

In my time on this earth, I’ve worried about things that seemed like a big deal. Come to find out, most of the time, they weren’t even a small deal.

How does C.B. run away like that and we never see his parents looking for him?

You ran away from home, Charlie Brown. If you want a comfy bed, run back!

Charlie Brown has brought an urban dwelling to a rustic environment!

Even when this toon was new and Charlie thought he was suffering, there were other kids who truly were suffering. Some really had no home but a cardboard box; or no food; no safety; no future. By comparison, Charlie is his own worst enemy. And, he has all his needs met, back home. But some children have no home, either.

He lost his temper and bit a tree.

His sister would say “Because you’re too wishy washy.”

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… When you feel sad

Or under a curse

Your life is bad

Your prospects are worse

Your wife is crying

Sighing

And your olive tree is dying

Temples are graying

And teeth are decaying

Credit is weighing your purse

… Your mood and your robe

Are both a deep blue

You’d bet that Job

Had nothing on you

… Ah, don’t forget that when you go to heaven you’ll be blessed

Yes, it’s all for the best

Most of the time, we create our own misery, Charlie!

As was once (many times) said, don’t ask God for a sign, you might just get one.

Because you are the Charlie Browniest……

Hey, did CB steal Linus’ “security blanket”?!

Where’s Linus when you need him?

As Scriptwriter Guy would say, “Because!”

Now where’s the disposessed cat going to sleep?

What have I ever done?

I think Charlie Brown speaks to all the kids who suffer depression or low self esteem for reasons beyond their power… show them love!

He hath eaten of the bark of the Kite-Eating Tree.

Shouldn’t his parents be looking for him by now?

Now CB will consider going home

Marcus Cole: I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, ’wouldn’t it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them?’ So now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.

Babylon 5, A Late Delivery from Avalon

Because it builds character!

Not only does God play dice with the Universe. He never lets anyone see the results. You have to guess what happened out of the overwhelming number of random events.

Charlie you could go he and face the tree biting charge

Linus would answer from scripture

Yes, Charlie Brown, I know how you feel. I haven’t had the best of circumstances either.