Peanuts by Charles Schulz for September 29, 2022

Spike’s thought is harsher than his bite.

thanks for the pointer there, Spike

poor Spike, strike two!

Spike channeling Johnny Carson’s Carnac the Magnificent.

May your car overheat 100 miles from a water source

Probably fleas are the worst kind.

It looks like Spike has a collar of some sort. Perhaps it is a flea collar?

Spike headed out to Needles but only made it to Las Vegas.

Yep. Called it. Or subconsciously remembered it cuz this strip is originally from the 70s. The mind is weird.

Spike probably should have asked Snoopy to fly him back to Needles.

What is a smog control device?

I remember the days of the catalytic converter. It was sort of an afterburner for the emissions. Car engines were so inefficient that they did not burn all their fuel. So car makers bolted on the catalytic converter to reburn the fuel. It was fuel you used that did not go into making the car move.

The analogy I like to use is that the catalytic converter is to a car what a software “patch” is to a computer – a less than efficient temporary hack.

You were also warned NOT to sit at idle over something flammable like grass.

Car manufacturers were forced to come up with a better idea.

Curse those environmentalists, if it weren’t for those tree huggers we’d still be getting 16 miles to the gallon and have brown air!

May your chickens turn to emus and kick your hen house down.

Spike just darned him to heck.

Humans can be so insensitive. He could have just said, “No.”

Keep walking Spike, you’ll be back to your slim self by the time you get there.

May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your crotch – Yiddish curse

Do you realize most people under 40 (or older) may know what smog was, but none have ever smelled it? It is kind of like the dial telephone of the atmosphere.

This comic arc doesn’t ring true. I don’t think anyone would leave a beagle stranded in the desert, even one so odd looking as Spike. Of course, the beagles from Snoopy’s family must’ve been most unusual for them to stand erect. That by itself is more than worthy of adoption.

Spike can hitch a ride on a wild burro

What a severe curse.

As someone who hitchhiked across the US and Canada in the 70’s, I can relate to waiting for hours to get a ride

Don’t worry, Spike, it will.

“MAY YOUR SMOG CONTROL DEVICE REDUCE YOUR GAS MILEAGE!” That is a very creative curse!

Why would you stop just to say that?

May the Bird of Paradise fly up your nose !

Another random kid sighting.

Good comeback, Spike.