So that’s why Charlie Brown never kicked the football. He blinked.
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June 20th, 2011 at 10:18 am
As soon as I saw the pic I heard the music from that scene in my head.
June 20th, 2011 at 10:26 am
the “celebratory dance” does not have anything to do with kicking the football is it?…. maybe the link is this one??… http://www.flickr.com/photos/wentzelepsy/5746368431/in/photostream
June 20th, 2011 at 11:01 am
Wassup? Can’t see the pic!
June 20th, 2011 at 12:48 pm
So much awesome I don’t know where to start!!!! I want a t-shirt of this to go with my fighting time lords!!!!
June 20th, 2011 at 1:12 pm
The Dalek playing piano wins.
June 20th, 2011 at 1:36 pm
@eduardo
No, the dance had nothing to do with the football, but Lucy Van Pelt did, and in this picture she is depicted as a Blink Angel. By extension, the comment implies that she used her Blink Angel powers to move the football at high speed when Charlie Brown blinked on his approach to kick it.
June 21st, 2011 at 2:08 am
Brilliant!
June 21st, 2011 at 7:35 pm
Ditto . . … .. Oh Good Grief!