TurquoiseB wrote: > It's like Lucy sweetly inviting Charley Brown > to kick the football. > > What sane person would believe that Lucy is > really going to hold the football for him this > time, when for *years* it's always been a > "setup" for someone intent on making him look > stupid? > > Same with Judy's intent. It's pretty much a > GIVEN. One doesn't need to know the specifics > of it, because as she herself said, the subtle > *intent* of her "setups" come through loud > and clear in the written language, just as it > would in verbal language. Just as no one sane > would believe that Lucy really wants Charley > Brown to kick the football, no matter how > sweetly she tried to disguise the intent > behind the invitation, no one sane who has > watched Judy's style over the years would > believe that she really wants a real conver- > sation when she pretends to be asking for one. > She's just setting the victim up for another of > her attempts at either belittling them or > putting them down or casting doubt on their > integrity. > That's funny, I was thinking what a "fussbudget" Judy is becoming these days (some would say she's always been one) and Schultz himself characterized Lucy as a "fussbudget." :)
So Judy, do you really want to be perceived as a "fussbudget?" :D
