Peanuts by Charles Schulz for September 25, 1966

Transcript:

Charlie Brown rolls his eyes and say, "Oh brother!" Lucy holds the football and says, "Well?"<BR><BR> Lucy says, "How about it, Charlie Brown? I'll hold the ball and you come running up and kick it . . ."<BR><BR> Charlie Brown says, "Boy, it really aggravates me the way you think I"m so stupid!"<BR><BR> Lucy says, "I guarantee that the only thing that will make me pull the ball away this year will be an involuntary muscle spasm!"<BR><BR> Lucy continues, "Now you certainly will agree that the odds must be astronomical against such an involuntary muscle spasm occuring at the very moment you try to kick the ball . . . "<BR><BR> Charlie Brown walks off and thinks, "She's right! This year has to be the year I kick that ol' ball!"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown runs and says, "So here I go!"<BR><BR> Lucy pulls the football away and Charlie Brown flies through the air and lands with a loud wump!<BR><BR> Lucy says, "I've looked it up, Charlie Brown and the actual odds against such an involuntary muscle spasm occuring at that precise moment are ten billion to one!"<BR><BR>