Well Snoopy, since this trip is all in you imagination, you can just imagine that you’ve arrived at your destination and enjoy a Guinness at the local pub.
I remember this one in one of the old Holt, Rinehart and Winston anthologies and not getting it at all. I was a kid and never heard of the town or the song.
We almost had the War to End All Wars in 1983 when the Soviets became convinced that they were going to be attacked and almost countered with their own first strike. Even closer to the end than we were from the Cuban Missile Crisis.
A link to an audio version of the song “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary”, performed by Albert Farrington in 1915 can be found on Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Long_Way_to_Tipperary.
I didn’t see him crossing the English Channel, then crossing the English countryside to the Welsh countryside, then the Welsh countryside to St. George’s Channel, crossing there to Ireland and then crossing the Irish countryside to Tipperary.
Templo S.U.D. about 5 years ago
That WWI flying ace sure had been on the turf awfully long.
hariseldon59 about 5 years ago
I’ll always associate that song with the final episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show.
https://youtu.be/Y98Ykcmh5NQ
LeeCox about 5 years ago
Well, considering that you’re in France and Tipperary is in Ireland, it’s a VERY long way, Snoopy!
Baarorso about 5 years ago
Snoopy, do you even know WHERE Tipperary is??? ;/
Jaddis about 5 years ago
Tipperary is a town and a civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland.
Bob. about 5 years ago
It’s hard to find a Rarry to tip.
therese_callahan2002 about 5 years ago
That song, “Pack Up Your Troubles,” and a couple of sad songs were played by Schroeder.
Falcon57 about 5 years ago
When was this comic first published? Anyone?
mrcooncat about 5 years ago
Well Snoopy, since this trip is all in you imagination, you can just imagine that you’ve arrived at your destination and enjoy a Guinness at the local pub.
JohnFarson19 about 5 years ago
I remember this one in one of the old Holt, Rinehart and Winston anthologies and not getting it at all. I was a kid and never heard of the town or the song.
mjb515 about 5 years ago
A U-boat crew could have told you that.
Darryl Heine about 5 years ago
WHAT? Today’s 1972 Sunday strip was to have been the Joe Eskimo strip but instead we get a 1960’s Sunday strip?
Doug Taylor Premium Member about 5 years ago
Time for a root beer Snoopy.
DanFlak about 5 years ago
Being a former aviator, I like Snoopy’s WW I Flying Ace persona.
WW I: the first of the “Wars to end all wars” over a century ago.
BiathlonNut about 5 years ago
We almost had the War to End All Wars in 1983 when the Soviets became convinced that they were going to be attacked and almost countered with their own first strike. Even closer to the end than we were from the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Qiset about 5 years ago
Rarie’s are difficult to find too.
Ellis97 about 5 years ago
Maybe a walking distance would be better for little doggy.
Robert Nowall Premium Member about 5 years ago
It’s a long way to go.
Michael Stewart Premium Member about 5 years ago
A link to an audio version of the song “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary”, performed by Albert Farrington in 1915 can be found on Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Long_Way_to_Tipperary.
knight1192a about 5 years ago
I didn’t see him crossing the English Channel, then crossing the English countryside to the Welsh countryside, then the Welsh countryside to St. George’s Channel, crossing there to Ireland and then crossing the Irish countryside to Tipperary.
DCBakerEsq about 5 years ago
Let’s quaff a few beers with Bill Mauldin.
Deleted Account2623 about 5 years ago
Is this a reference I’m too young to understand?
Sensei Le Roof about 5 years ago
If it’s a long way to tip a raree, find a closer raree.
Dean about 5 years ago
Lorenzo [the hurricane] is about to hit there.