Peter Stahl

[Larry deZeng]

Yeah, John, you got it. Notice how the Euro guys passed right by it. I guess they never heard of Snoopy's flying doghouse and his deadly air battles with the dreaded Red Baron!

L.

[Brian]

Hi John and Larry

Who is Snoopy?

Cheers
Euro guy!

[Larry deZeng]

Allow me to introduce you to Leftenent Snoopy of the RFC:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...ed=0CC0Q9QEwAQ

L.

[John Beaman]

Well, there was for more that 40 years, a comic strip named Peanuts. The main character was Charlie Brown. The other characters were a bunch of neighborhood 10 year olds who philosophized about adult issues in a humorous way. Snoopy was Brown's very intelligent Beagle who fantasized about flying against the Red Baron. He was on his doghouse.

Great series and tons of books around.

[Brian]

Thanks John & Larry

Did he win the war?

Cheers
Brian

[Larry deZeng]

Lt. Snoopy was routinely shot down in his Sopwith Camel over no-man's land and crawled his way through the barbed wire entanglements in a valiant struggle to make his way back to his own lines. Invariably, he would suddenly find himself in a French village tavern sipping root beer and singing patriotic World War One songs with a beautiful French waitress. Lt. Snoopy also shot down a lot of Albatross and other enemy planes but his score was never disclosed. But he never bested the Red Baron.

L.

[Doug Stankey]

Here's a link that might explain a bit further the whole "Snoopy and the Red Baron" thing to our non-North American friends:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh-J4GSPgAM

This goes well with the impending Christmas time.

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Larry deZeng

Yeah, John, you got it. Notice how the Euro guys passed right by it. I guess they never heard of Snoopy's flying doghouse and his deadly air battles with the dreaded Red Baron!

L.

Well Peanuts was heavily syndicated in this bit of Europe and the anthologies were in the bookshops. Not forgetting the single "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" by the Royal Guardsmen, which was a hit in the UK.

That said, time to get back on topic, perhaps?

[Brian]

Well, well, well

I must had had a sheltered upbringing!

That said, being a country lad, I found a more engaging interest in the local girls! We had haystacks in this part of the country and I didn't find time to read about Snoopy or Peanuts!

Cheers
Brian

[John Beaman]

That said, time to get back on topic, perhaps?
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Nick Beale

Do not be a curmudgeon Nick!

Gee, Brian, what do girls and haystacks have in common? snark, snark.