Peanuts by Charles Schulz for December 26, 2022

sure, Sally

Will she laugh when she gets an F

That’s funny!

I once spent the Fourth of July weekend in Crawfordsville, IN, home of Lew Wallace. That was about 1980 and everything, but everything, was named Ben Hur. The Ben Hur Supermarket, Ben Hur Drive…even (and I kid you not) the Ben Hur Nursing Home!

“Ben Hur, who said to his sister Ben Him, We’d better swap names before they start calling me Ben Gay! Never got a dinner!” – Red Buttons

I’m with Charlie Brown on this one…

I don’t get it

How about “Little Women” by pop singer H.E.R.?

No more puns!

Man, Sally was telling dad jokes when she was still a little girl.

Walked right into that one, Chuck!

Y’know, Charlie Brown really has to put up with a lot…

Lew Wallace’s Ben-Hur (1880) is a prime example of Mark Twain’s definition of a classic; “′Classic′ – a book which people praise and don’t read.”

Knock knockWho’s there?Ben HurBen Hur who?I’ve ben hur an hour waiting for you to show up! – that’s was the epitome of comedy when I was that kid in my avatar picture.

Boy CB, did Sally set you up for that one.

And now we know where Pastis gets it.

Sally – “I sure wished I got a Henway for Christmas.”

Charlie Brown – “What’s a Henway?”

Sally – “About three pounds.”

Sally is quite good with the jokes, but not so with everything else. She might become a stand up style of comic. “And here’s, Sally.”

Are you sure it wasn’t Ben Dover?

I got a sheet of Peanuts stamps for Christmas, nice present.

most excellent

Alcott wrote some very good books in addition to Little Women. There is one where she tells about her experiences as a Civil War nurse in Washington DC. Her talking about the nurses going through PTSD (they didn’t call it that, of course) is heartbreaking.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3837

I don’t get it?

“Her chariot roared / At 80 per / They hauled away / What had / Ben Hur / Burma Shave”

1st Roman soldier: You see that guy over there?

2nd Roman soldier: Yeah?

1st Roman soldier: That’s Hur!

– SCTV version of Ben Hur

Tain’t funny, Sally.

A Fish Called Wanda, but Wanda never called the fish back.

You’re way, way overreacting there, Sally.

And the truly sad thing is that Sally is a better student than Peppermint Patty.

Somewhere on Yahoo I saw a comment that Johnny Cash’s song “A Boy Named Sue” would probably be a #1 hit.

I had to read that a couple of times before I got it. :D

Still hilarious after all these years!

Knock! Knock!

Who’s there?

Ben Hur!

Ben Hur who?

Ben Hur an hour waiting for you!