As Pearls Before Swine was pointing out last week, most comic strips exist in a Nether-Nether Land where Billy never gets old and Charlie Brown never kicks the football (even if Sparky kicks the bucket). This creates a bizarre situation whenever they attempt to bring up issues like growing up, like every back-to-school season. It seems like Paige has been freaking out about becoming a high school freshman… for 18 years.
(Forgive the geeky title)
Update: fascinating, Wikipedia actually addresses this topic…
Wikipedia actually does a nice job on such things, often giving info that wouldn’t be found elsewhere. I guess it depends on the topic — there wouldn’t be too many people trying to taint a page about Fox Trot, I’d guess. Anyway, maybe my love for comic strips when young has screwed me up, as I myself never quite feel like I correctly pass from one life phase to the next.