Peanuts by Charles Schulz for November 17, 1978
Transcript:
Peppermint Patty sits at her desk in school and says, "Sorry I'm late, ma'am . . The battery in my head went dead."<BR><BR> Marcie sits behind Peppermint Patty. Peppermint Patty says, "My friend here pushed me downhill to get my head started, and I banged into a tree!"<BR><BR> Marcie says, "I told you we should have used jumper cables, sir."<BR><BR> Peppermint Patty says, "She's weird ma'am!"<BR><BR>
I guess, metaphorically speaking, Peppermint Patty would have been a dead car, the way she claimed her brain had gone dead.