Peanuts by Charles Schulz for November 14, 1956
Transcript:
Linus appraches Charlie Brown in the field. He points at his shoes and exclaims, "Look, Charlie Brown...I tied my own shoes this morning!"<br> <br> He looks down at his coat and continues, "And look here..I buttoned my own shirt!"<br> <br> Charlie Brown watches as Linus walks off smiling and whistling.<br> <br> Charlie Brown looks after him and says, "Young people grow up too fast these days..."<br> <br>
T-shirts and Velcro solve both problems, except that Velcro-fastened shoes won’t appear for another decade. As for vertical stripes… I suspect that Linus is only 50% correct when claiming that he buttoned his own shirt. The shirt is buttoned but is not his…