Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for July 12, 2023

This may be the worst thing Lucy ever said to Charlie Brown.

Nope, no one ever has or ever will succeed at taking away his blanket

He gets pretty handy with that blanket later on!

Once you get used to it, it’s not too bad.

Ouch!

Well, no worries, Charlie Brown. Linus will still have his blanket all these years later, despite the best efforts of Lucy, his blanket-hating grandma, and Snoopy.

Lucy, that wasn’t nice.

You’re mean, Lucy.

A gotcha moment…

Don’t worry Charlie Brown, they haven’t managed to take the blanket from him yet.

“You’re right, Lucy. Thanks for contributing to my condition. You could be a nicer to me, you know.”

According to a very old article from Mad magazine, teenage Linus found his blanket to be a very useful thing to be carrying around. Ring a bell with anyone?

So before she went into psychiatry, Lucy was a “radical honesty” therapist.