Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 30, 1968
Transcript:
Charlie Brown, Schroeder and Linus stand on the pitcher's mound. Schroeder asks, "How shall we pitch this next guy, Charlie Brown?" Charlie Brown replies, "Well, I don't know . ." Linus says, "Throw him your curve, Charlie Brown."<BR><BR> Linus looks at houses in the background and says, "Say, have you noticed how built-up it's getting around here? Pretty soon there won't be any place for us to play . . Look at all the houses . ."<BR><BR> Schroeder says, "My grampa says, that all of this used to be a big pasture . ."<BR><BR> Patty and Five approach the pitcher's mound. Schroeder continues, "He says he can remember when they used to drive cattle right across here." Five says, "My dad says he could have made a lot of money if he had bought this land twenty years ago."<BR><BR> Schroeder says, "Twenty years ago? Five years ago would have been enough!" Linus says, "That's what I say!" Shermy says, "Of course, land values are going up everywhere."<BR><BR> Patty says, "Look at that place where they put up the new supermarket . ." Schroeder says, "That's what my grampa was talking about . . He said you could have bought that property for almost nothing only two years ago!"<BR><BR> Linus asks, "What do you think, Charlie Brown?"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown replies, "Frankly, I think he'd hit a curve ball . . ."<BR><BR>
MrJamie1062 over 10 years ago
That’s life-towns sure do change, as the years go by; for one thing, because new houses are being built, even new neighborhoods, standing on what was once farmland, even.
G00dgrief almost 10 years ago
Haven’t seen Shermy for a long time!
MrJamie1062 over 7 years ago
And this strip is a perfect example of what can happen in a conversation when someone is suddenly sidetracked by something irrelevant yet important, and as a result the subject is suddenly changed,even if one person’s mind is still on the original subject.
Kaia Lynch almost 3 years ago
Stay on topic, Charlie Brown!