Peanuts by Charles Schulz for November 07, 2011

I’m not sure I would want to be her kid.

She’ll be frustrated, crabbier than ever and left on the shelf when she grows up.

I can’t see her getting married at all.

I wouldn’t want to be her kid or have her for a daughter.

Lucy went into business, and with her agressive tendencies, did well in the 80s marketplace. The same “skills” that made her a rich woman made her a lonely one, so she finally had recourse to a sperm donor clinic. Her child’s autobiographical novel (out this Christmas) makes “Mommie Dearest” look like a Sunday-school picnic.

LUCY GROWS UP TO BECOME ceo OF A MAJOR MULTI-NATIONAL (oops) and eventually a US Senator – didn’t ya know?

still apropos.

Like my mama used to say, ‘being a mother is an awful headache’!"

Always advising is not good for others if the advise is good then also sum one cannot take it seriously.

@Womble: Dark! I like it!

Lucy reminds me of my sister! Creepy.

I’d keep it to just maintain the ‘annoyance factor’

Take no notice of her, Linus.. I’m 16 and I still cuddle this toy mouse.

LOL xxx

What’s Lucy’s problem anyway. So many kids, including my older son, had security blankets and a lot still do. She’s like a Taliban official.

Gotta say ol’ Loosey is a bit all over the place on this topic. Just the other day she was helping Linux through withdrawal while his blanket was in the wash. Here she’s pretty militant.

@reidharrison — that’s “Linus,” not “Linux.” You can tell it’s a new century, can’t you?

Considering it was 1964 when this was drawn, I wonder if Linus’ “extremism” comment was directed at Goldwater.

Don’t know the referent, but Linus is quoting. If this strip is from ‘64, did LBJ or someone use the term ’Tactics of Extremism’? The word ‘extremism’ was certainly in the air, but I don’t remember any ‘Tactics of…’.

Goldwater very famously said, in his 1964 presidential nomination acceptance speech, “Extremism in the defence of liberty is no vice.” I wasn’t around but “extremism” must have been a buzzword at the time.

I can’t completely fault Lucy for her disgust towards Linus. He should have long outgrown the thumb-sucking and blanket-carrying thing by his age. She wasn’t nearly so mean to Rerun.

Lucy said “throw it in the trash burner!”

I wonder how many readers here under 40

recall what a trash burner is ?..I do…

She’s just Lucy

I read somewhere that Charles Schulz modelled Lucy on his wife! poor man, if true…

Why EXTREISM?