Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 24, 1975
Transcript:
Peppermint Patty and Marcie stand by the doghouse. Peppermint Patty says, "There it is, Marcie! There's the plane you and I will be flying in the powder puff derby!"<BR><BR> Marcie says, "It's a beauty, sir." Peppermint Patty adds, "It has a one hundred and fifty horsepower engine, and it carries thirty-seven gallons of gas."<BR><BR> Snoopy wears a baseball cap and walks past Peppermint Patty. Peppermint Patty says, "Oh, hey, mechanic! I was going to ask you . . . How about removing the machine guns?"<BR><BR> Peppermint Patty laughs and says, "We rarely use machine guns in the powder puff derby!" Snoopy thinks, "Strange girl! Weird sense of humor . . ."<BR><BR>
That’s no mechanic, lady. That’s the retired World War I flying ace…the only man (beagle) to ever face the Red Baron more than once and live!