Peanuts by Charles Schulz for November 18, 1984
Transcript:
Peppermint sits at her classroom desk in front of Marcie. She asks,"Ma'am?"<BR><BR> She says,"No, Ma'am, I don't know the answer"<BR><BR> She puts her hand to her mouth and continues,"I thought I did, but I don't....it'll probably come to me later tonight..."<BR><BR> She turns to the front again and says,"I don't suppose you'd want to call me at home..."<BR><BR> She raises a hand and says,"Say, that's a good idea.. I could get an answering machine, see, and you could call and leave your question on the answering machine..."<BR><BR> She leans her arm back on Marcie's desk, smiles, and says,"Then I'd look up the answer, and call you back!"<BR><BR> Marcie says,"You're weird, sir..."<BR><BR>
Since the first panel is only theoretical, I guess it doesn’t quite count as hearing an adult talk in Peanuts. Close, though.