For many people, I suspect, this isn't an oddity at all, but I somehow missed one particular part of it when it happened, and I just learned about it today.
Final Strips of Peanuts
What I had no memory of is a strip featured in this article; the Peanuts strip that ran on Sunday, 2 January 2000, and was the last appearance in newspapers of Peppermint Patty and Marcie (until re-runs, of course).
Oh, gods; I'm sixty-six years old and I feel like breaking down in tears....
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Up, lad, up! We've villages to pillage, maidens to slay, and dragons to rescue!
Final Strips of Peanuts
What I had no memory of is a strip featured in this article; the Peanuts strip that ran on Sunday, 2 January 2000, and was the last appearance in newspapers of Peppermint Patty and Marcie (until re-runs, of course).
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SpoilerOh, gods; I'm sixty-six years old and I feel like breaking down in tears....
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Up, lad, up! We've villages to pillage, maidens to slay, and dragons to rescue!