Peanuts by Charles Schulz for August 22, 1952
August 21, 1952
August 23, 1952
Transcript:
Lucy and Charlie Brown are sitting on the floor playing checkers. She exclaims,"A coup! A coup! A grand coup!" He replies,"Oh, Great Scott!"<BR><BR> She stands and continues,"It was a coup!" He replies,"You don't have to overdo it!" "It was not! It was luck!!"<BR><BR> She hits him over the head with the board.<BR><BR> He looks at the reader with the board over his head and grimaces. She walks off with her hands in the air exclaiming, "Another coup! Another grand coup!!"<BR><BR>
ClosingFrantica about 13 years ago
She’s growing more and more into the Lucy we all love
Clme about 13 years ago
231 (August 22, 1952). Lucy is confusing checkers with the card game bridge, where a coup and grand coup are various sophisticated card plays. Charlie Brown doesn’t appear to know the difference either. But he soon learns to play (See p. 257, below).
yow4zip Premium Member over 12 years ago
Good grief!
Commenter8888 over 3 years ago
alright, alright…it was a coup.