Monday, July 10, 2006

Perspective Schmerspective...

When I was young, I used to hear my father talk about his favorite Peanuts cartoon. I cannot tell you how many times I overheard...

I once read a Peanuts cartoon where Charlie Brown and Lucy are lying on a grassy knoll and Charlie Brown asks Lucy, “Lucy? What do you see when you look at the clouds?” She responds, “Oh, Charlie, I’m glad you asked... Over there I see the Sistine Chapel, where in 1508, Michelangelo was commissioned by Pope Julius II to paint his masterpiece. And that cloud over there looks like the Pennsylvania State House where, in 1776, the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence. What do you see, Charlie Brown? What do you see when you look up at the clouds?” A puzzled-looking Charlie responds, “Well, I was gonna say a ducky and a horsy, but I’m not sure anymore.”

I used to think it was pretty funny, but I laughed at my dad's retelling of it, not the cartoon itself. I didn't understand Peanuts humor when I was a kid.

I get it now.

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