Peanuts by Charles Schulz for August 12, 1967
Transcript:
Linus sucks his thumb and holds his blanket. Violet says, "My grandmother used to put pepper and chili-powder on her kids' thumbs to keep them from sucking them."<BR><BR> Violet asks Linus, "What do you think of that idea?"<BR><BR> Linus replies, "Terrible!"<BR><BR> Linus continues, "All that spicy food is bad for your stomach."<BR><BR>
Might backfire, too. My mother-in-law did that but my husband just ended up liking it. He drank the hot sauce out of the bottle after that.