Peanuts by Charles Schulz for November 17, 1968
Transcript:
Linus looks at his watch and says, "It's ten minutes to eleven . . . Exactly!"<BR><BR> Linus walks and looks at his watch. He says, "And now it's nine and one-half minutes to eleven . . . Exactly!"<BR><BR> Linus walks past Violet and holds out his wrist. He smiles and says, "New watch!"<BR><BR> Linus approaches Snoopy and says, "New watch!"<BR><BR> Snoopy licks the watch.<BR><BR> Linus shouts, "You licked my watch!"<BR><BR> Linus walks away and says, "He's fogged up the crystal! It'll rust! It'll turn green! He's ruined it! It'll warp!!"<BR><BR> Snoopy thinks, "I thought it would have been impolite not to taste it!"<BR><BR>
It must not have been a Timex watch. They took a licking and kept on ticking according to John Cameron Swayze.