Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for April 16, 2024

PigPen Wannabe

You should talk, mudpie maker!

Politicians invented the saying

your tromping all through her ingredients…

You call it mud, I call it Congress.

Proto-Karen.

CB did not grow up to suffer from germaphobia.

Aww, leave CB alone. He isn’t harming anyone and is just having fun.

Actually, I never heard that old saying. Guess I’m not that old after all.

Cue Pigpen nodding approvingly in a future background.

No, it didn’t, Charlie Brown!

Splish, Splash, it’s time for a bath.

You rarely see Charlie Brown with a full outfit, except in the winter. His ensemble is cute, even covered in mud!

Jump on in Patty, you may have fun too!

most kids love puddles, clear or muddy

I loved splashing through mud puddles.

I could see a parent getting bent, if he were stomping through wet cement, or paint. Mud is simply wet dirt, and comes out in the wash. My children were allowed to get dirty, without getting yelled at.

We all have to eat a peck of dirt in our life