Peanuts by Charles Schulz for May 15, 2021

When in darkness, when in doubt,

Run in circles — scream and shout!

Can’t you smell your way home like all those movie dogs?

Oh, that’s right. That’s why people write books and make movies, because real life isn’t like that.

Buzz: This is not the time to panic.

Woody: This is the perfect time to panic!

The real panic when when he realized that he wasn’t going to be able to re-fold the map.

Follow your nose Snoopy, it’s as good as any GPS!

Coincidentally, Calvin’s lost in today’s C&H too!

I once was lost in my thoughts – and WOAH! i can tell you I was panic-stricken by that.

Don’t worry Snoopy. You had one of the last competent Governors, (Ronald Reagan), in California’s history to run things. And California still had an efficient Law Enforcement/ Search and Rescue system in place. California was such a nice state to live in 47 years ago. Not perfect by a long shot. But still better run and nicer to live in then, than now.

When all else fails, hit the panic button! :D

Snoopy … “Follow the spiders!”

Maybe Snoopy can run across Calvin and Hobbs. They’re lost too.

Why would Snoopy have to panic? AAUGH!!!

It seems that panic was the option that involved less effort!

Nobody ever said Snoopy was a good Beagle Scout.

Snoopy, meet Calvin (see today’s Calvin and Hobbs).

That good Beagle Scout needs to channel Joe Cool.

He panicked. I bet he forgot his towel, too.

Beagle Scout needs a pack of REAL Scouts to track him down and lead him home.

I always try to find a stream or river if I get lost in the woods, or better yet a road. I then just follow the river downstream. Sooner or later I will find civilization. I’ve never been in a true wilderness area, but have gotten lost in unfamiliar territory a time or two.

Wow. I must be worth a lot more than yesterday. I just selected the “Like” heart and the score went from 73 to 89. So, my vote is worth a whole lot more than 1, more like 16. I guess I hit the jackpot. Maybe I should go out and buy a lottery ticket.

learn to STATIONARY panic when you get lost, Snoopy – do everything a NORMAL panic mode would cause you to do, HOWEVER, ‘stay in place’. So scream, sweat, have an anxiety attack, etc. BUT if you do it all ‘in place’ then you won’t run into a tree, or plunge over a cliff, or trip over a log, or have to try to find your gear. This type of panic usually only works when you discover you are lost. It is not a panic recommended for Carnivorous animal attacks, by most ‘experts’. Of course, as we know from the last couple years of being advised by experts – where that leads!!! More panic attacks.

Synch with Calvin & Hobbes today (they gets lost and Calvin panics and shouts-both he and Snoopy replete with explorer outfits).

Panicked. As I thought…

BURMA

When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Rule #1 when hiking, carry a deck of cards… if lost, sit down and start to play a game of solitaire… within minutes, you will hear someone say, “play the red seven on the black eight.”

How did Snoopy become a scoutmaster? Nowhere to go but up.

You’re not lost Snoopy, you just don’t know where you are!

Here’s the world famous coward doing what he does best: screaming hysterically.

Stay calm.

Follow your track or backtrack.

PSST! Snoopy! Are you afraid of large, predatory animals that come out at night? I’m sure you don’t need to worry about those….much.

Snoopy needs to attend the U.S. Army Ranger course, they teach a mean Land Navigation course

From personal experience, I can recommend "The Modified Stationary Panic”, from Patrick McManus’s book: A Fine And Pleasant Misery. It has a short story (with that name) of how the author deals with being lost. BTW, I’m recommending READING the story, not actually DOING what he suggests. If you find your way back to civilization, read his other stories of his adventures with his friends Retch, Rancid, and his dog, Strange. Truly “fun and pleasant” reading.