As you may know, a running motif of the 70's Peanuts strips is Snoopy and his attempts at writing the next Great American Novel, often with hilarious results! And while penning the tales of yet another one of his hapless heroes in the Sunday Strip of August 1972, Snoopy told the story of a would-be suitor who, while trying to impress his knowledge upon his fair maiden, only ends up boring her in an early example of mansplaining!
Our Hero waxes:
"My love for you is higher than the highest mountain...
which is Mount Everest which is over twenty-nine thousand feet high.
My love for you is deeper than the deepest ocean...
which is the Marianas Trench which is over thirty-five thousand feet deep."
before Snoopy sums up succinctly: "My hero is a terrible bore!"
AHAHAHA, Funny writing as usual, but also informative, especially for a kid!
Like I said, it was general knowledge that Mount Everest was the highest point in the world, but a young me was completely fascinated by this "Marianas Trench" that Snoopy wrote about and HAD to look it up in the school library! And who says comics don't teach you things!
PS: always wondered...why did Schulz spell it with an "S" on the end, as "Marianas" instead of Mariana?
