Peanuts by Charles Schulz for September 14, 1974
Transcript:
Charlie Brown stands in front of a desk and says, "Me?"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown says, "Me? Writing on the school building?!! No, sir, I didn't write on the school building! No, sir, absolutely not!"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown continues, "What was I doing out there? Well, I was . . . I was . . . Well, I was . . . I was sort of . . . I was . . ."<BR><BR> Charlie Brown admits, "Talking to the school building!"<BR><BR>
I can certainly relate to CB’s reluctance here, to telling the principal what exactly he was doing with the school building, until he finally is able to bring himself to get the words out in Panel 4. Been there frequently, when forced to explain something very embarrassing, when I was suspected of doing something “out of the ordinary”, etc.