I often tried to make my own kite as a kid, using my grandmother’s old book entitled something like “50 Things Any Boy Can Do.” I now realise that they must have used a different kind of paper than we had available.
So CB is the only one who flies kites in his area? Huh, that suggests to me that the area is not good for kite flying in some manner…maybe too windy or not windy enough or something. Could explain why CB has such a hard time trying to pull it off.
Either that or it’s just a case that nobody else is interested and CB, as usual, is the oddball on the matter and he’s just bad at it.
I think I made one kite. It didn’t work very well. I’ve flown a few that I bought, and they didn’t work very well either. Perhaps if I purchased more expensive ones….
Boomerangs were my accomplishment. I learned how to make ones that few nicely.
Linux0s about 9 years ago
Related to today’s Cul de Sac:
orinoco womble about 9 years ago
Panel 6, the tree is shaking in its roots!!
I often tried to make my own kite as a kid, using my grandmother’s old book entitled something like “50 Things Any Boy Can Do.” I now realise that they must have used a different kind of paper than we had available.
youngcpams about 9 years ago
We used Charlie Brown cartoons to make our homemade kites.
Robert Nowall Premium Member about 9 years ago
The kite-eating tree does have a nice smile, though…
Darryl Heine about 9 years ago
DANGER! Kite-eating tree.
scyphi26 about 9 years ago
So CB is the only one who flies kites in his area? Huh, that suggests to me that the area is not good for kite flying in some manner…maybe too windy or not windy enough or something. Could explain why CB has such a hard time trying to pull it off.
Either that or it’s just a case that nobody else is interested and CB, as usual, is the oddball on the matter and he’s just bad at it.
Neo Stryder about 9 years ago
Congratulations Charlie Brown, you made a tree felt bad.
cubswin2016 about 9 years ago
I wish it was kite flying season.
Snoopy_Fan about 9 years ago
And in the next panel, Lucy breaks out into “BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
The Fly Hunter about 9 years ago
We may have to wait until August when all the snow is finally melted here in New England to fly kites!
IdahoSpud about 9 years ago
This one made me laugh. Something that doesn’t happen very often.
IdahoSpud about 9 years ago
I think I made one kite. It didn’t work very well. I’ve flown a few that I bought, and they didn’t work very well either. Perhaps if I purchased more expensive ones….
Boomerangs were my accomplishment. I learned how to make ones that few nicely.
HAL69 about 9 years ago
Wow, a rare sense of accomplishment from Charlie Brown. Now if he would only kick that football…
neverenoughgold about 9 years ago
Now I understand why the tree outside the bedroom window in “Poltergeist” acted the way it did! It was just hungry for attention…
orinoco womble about 9 years ago
I’ll tell you one thing, though—the sport section of the newspaper in the 60s? No good for kites.