Peanuts by Charles Schulz for May 24, 1955
Transcript:
Violet and a frowning Charlie Brown stand in front of the hedge. She asks, "Did you cut your finger, Charlie Brown?"<br> <br> He replies, "Uh, Huh..." She lifts up her knee and says, "I just scraped my knee roller-skating.."<br> <br> He says, "Yesterday, Shermy got stung by a bee!" She exclaims, "Oh? This morning, Patty fell and cut her elbow!"<br> <br> He concludes, "There must be something going around.."<br> <br>
Things like this actually do happen from time to time in reality; multiple cases of bad luck or bad news happening at once-one of those fine examples of Murphy’s Law striking down in various places.