Peanuts by Charles Schulz for July 03, 1987
July 02, 1987
July 04, 1987
Transcript:
Charlie Brown sits in a beanbag chair. Sally says, "I couldn't decide if I wanted marble fudge, chocolate, rocky road, vanilla or butter pecan . ."<BR><BR> Sally says, "I finally decided to try marble fudge . . Then I had to choose between a plain cone or a sugar cone . . ."<BR><BR> Sally says, "I decided on the sugar cone . . So what happened? I went out the door, and dropped the whole thing on the sidewalk!"<BR><BR> Sally says, "Don't tell me my life isn't a Shakespearean tragedy . ." Charlie Brown says, "I won't."<BR><BR>
CB once quoted from Hamlet when talking to Sally, so she could be referring to that. Starting with obvious: Sally = Ophelia, CB = Laertes, their dad = Polonius, and the “sweet babboo” Linus must be Hamlet. But Hamlet had no siblings, so it gets complicated. Maybe Rerun = Horatio and Lucy = Gertrude? Then Schroeder = Claudius and the relationships get really weird.