Peanuts by Charles Schulz for April 13, 1979
April 12, 1979
April 14, 1979
Transcript:
Sally and Charlie Brown sit at the table. Sally writes number eights.<BR><BR> Sally says, "I'm writing a story about the 'Eight Who Ate Eights.'"<BR><BR> Sally holds up the paper and says, "See? It says, 'Eight ate eight hundred and eighty-eight eights."<BR><BR> Sally asks, "What do you think? Charlie Brown replies, "I 'ate to tell you!"<BR><BR>
LadyBlanc over 11 years ago
You know, it’s weird that a cartoon character thinks of stuff like this, but it’s even weirder that Schulz apparently really thought this way!
MrJamie1062 almost 10 years ago
And another clever demonstration, of how our language is FULL of homophones; here, the two words which are both pronounced (ayt)-the number, spelled eight, and past tense of eat, spelled ate. Or make that THREE words pronounced this way(the third being another way to say “hate”, with a silent h, as Charlie Brown does in last panel.)
alien011 about 1 month ago
Why is six afraid? Because seven ate (eight) nine. And why is 10 afraid? Because 9/11.