Family Lore

Every family has their little legends and inside jokes. Usually they're totally goofy and people outside the family, like spouses, think you are completely nuts. Here's one I had almost forgotten about! I remembered the saying but couldn't remember the source.

This is from The Peanuts Lunchbag Cookbook. I bought it at a book fair in grade school in the 1970s. Peanuts comics were very popular back then.

My sister and I use the phrase "I think I'll flap my arms and fly to the moon" whenever we are making statements that seem ambitious and pleasant, but are impractical or impossible. Example:

You know, if I tried hard enough and trained, I could run a marathon.
Yeah. I think I'll flap my arms and fly to the moon.

I found the little book while cleaning out my parents' house, and I have to keep it. There are some other sarcastic gems in the book...this is one reason why my sense of humor is as warped as it is.