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25 Key Messages for young soccer players.....
1. Always play fairly, according to the spirit and letter of the rules.
2. Stay calm under difficult conditions. It's easy to maintain composure when things go right; when they don't real athletes step forward and stand up to the test.
3. Support and encourage your teammates at all times. All of us make mistakes at times and they are not done on purpose. Encourage your teammates to be the best they can be.
4. Play as hard as you can in practice and in games. Never be beaten because of lack of effort. Even opponents who are bigger or more skilled than you can be beaten if you out-hustle them.
5. Show respect to your coaches, referees, and your opponents; win or lose.
6. A good soccer player must have conditioning, skills and tactical knowledge. A player must work on all three to be the best they can be.
7.When your team has the football, everyone is an attacker; when your opponent has the ball everyone is a defender.
8. No matter what position you are in, you are first a soccer player and you will have to be able to receive, shoot, pass, dribble, head, make space, etc., regardless of your position.
9. Do not just "kick" the ball unless it is in a dangerous position in front of your goal. Instead take a " picture " of the situation before you get the ball. In this way you can perceive the situation, determine the best solution, and act accordingly when the ball arrives. Develop Field Vision. Always send the ball to someplace or someone.
10. Always maintain your position. Don't run following the movement of the ball. Know where you are on the field in relation to where the other players and positions are on the field.
11. Don't run forward when your team has the ball unless you are willing to run back when the other team has the ball.
12. If you lose the ball, you should be the first person to defend. Giving immediate chase is the first rule of defense.
13. When changing from attack to defense, sprint to get between your opponent and the goal you are defending.
14. When defending close to your goal, the player closest to the ball should attack the ball. The other defenders should "mark" other opponents who could receive and shoot the ball. In "marking up" your opponent, you should position yourself between the ball and your opponent and prevent them from receiving the ball. A common error on defense is to have too many defenders move to the ball leaving opponents open to receive a pass and score an unopposed goal.
15. On the defensive side of the field, always move the ball toward the touchlines and away from the middle of the field. On the offensive side of the field move the ball toward the centre, where your teammates can take a good shot on goal. This is "centering" the ball.
16. Good ball handlers pass the ball before they get into trouble not after they are in trouble.
17. Make no small strikes on the ball. Whether clearing, passing or shooting MOVE the ball. Proper technique on striking the ball will enable even small players to effectively move the ball a good distance.
18. Take your shot! Don't hesitate to fire a shot if you feel an opportunity. Shoot into the back of the net. Shoot where the keeper isn't.
19. Don't limit yourself to shots taken only near the goal line. Good opportunities for goals are hard shots taken further out from the goal. Keep your head down, strike and follow through the ball for the goal.
20. Most players are right-footed. At this level, when playing defense against an opponent with the ball especially watch and attack against the right foot.
21. When playing offence with possession of the ball, anticipate your defender attacking your right foot. Use your left foot. It is imperative that you develop your passing, dribbling, and shooting skills with both your left and right foot.
22. Always be aware of protecting possession of the ball. Resist "kicking" the ball directly into the shin guards of the defender in front of you. Passing or dribbling the ball laterally or even backwards can be a better choice if it maintains possession of the ball.
23. When on offence always "support" your teammate with the ball. Supporting your teammate means being in a position where they can pass the ball to you. Stay far enough away so the pass effectively neutralizes the defender. Stay close enough so they can make a good pass. If you are too far to make a good pass to your teammate, then you are too far for your teammate to make a good pass to you, and you are not supporting.
24.Win, lose or tie; if you have given 100%, when you walk off the field you have nothing to regret and no reason to be ashamed.
25. Don't be afraid to be a hero. YOU CAN DO IT!
Soccer Terms / Definitions:
Advantage: Rule that lets play continue after a foul, if stopping the action immediately would be disadvantageous to the team that was fouled. Assist: The pass or passes which immediately precede a goal; a maximum of two assists can be credited for one goal. Attacking team: The team that has possession of the ball
Back pass: A pass made to a trailing player.
Banana kick: A kick with a big curve.
Bicycle (scissors) kick: Overhead kick.
Break: When a team quickly advances the ball down the field in an attempt to get its players near the opponent's goal before the defenders have a chance to retreat; also called an advantage.
Breakaway: When an attacker with the ball approaches the goal undefended; this exciting play pits a sole attacker against the goalkeeper in a one-on-one showdown.
Cap: A represents an appearance in a national team match for a player.
Charge: To run into an opponent; legal if done from the front or side of the ball carrier; illegal against a player without the ball or from behind.
Chest trap: When a player uses his chest to slow down and control a ball in the air.
Chip: A high pass over a defender's head to a teammate, or a shot on goal from close range away from the goalie's reach.
Clear: A defensive kick that attempts to get the ball out of a scoring area, particularly the penalty area.
Cleats: The metal, plastic or rubber points in the bottom of a soccer shoe used to provide a player with traction; term also used to refer to the shoes themselves.
Corner kick: A free kick taken by an attacking player whenever a defender last touches the ball before it completely crosses the goal line.
Counter attack: An attack launched by a defending team soon after it regains possession of the ball.
Creating space: When a player from the attacking team moves without the ball to draw defenders away from the ball carrier and give him space.
Cross or crossing pass: A pass from an attacking player near the sideline to a teammate in the middle or opposite side of the field; used to give the teammate a good scoring opportunity.
Crossbar: The horizontal beam that forms the top of a goal and sits on top of the two posts; it is 24 feet long and supported 8 feet above the ground.
Cut down the angle: When the goalie comes out of the goal several feet to make himself closer and larger to an attacker, leaving the attacker less net to shoot at.
Cut off: When a defensive player keeps his body between an attacker and the defender's goal, forcing the attacker out towards the sidelines.
Dangerous play: An action on the field ruled by the referee that will likely cause an injury; will at minimum draw a yellow card but could draw a red card for the offending player.
Deflection: The ricochet of a ball after it hits a player.
Direct free kick: A free kick that can be shot directly into the goal without being touched by a second person.
Diving header: A ball struck near ground level by the head of a diving player.
Draw: A game that ends with a tied score.
Dribble: To control the ball on the ground with the feet.
Drop ball: A method of restarting a game where the referee drops the ball between 2 players facing each other.
Drop kick: When a goalie drops the ball from his hands and kicks it before it hits the ground.
End line: Boundary lines marking the ends of the field.
Fake (feint): A move by a player meant to deceive an opposing player; used by a ball carrier to make a defender think the ball carrier is going to dribble, pass or shoot in a certain direction when he is not.
Far post: Goalpost farthest from the ball.
Foot trap: A player's use of the bottom or sides of his shoe to control a rolling or low-bouncing ball.
Forward pass: A pass made towards the opposition's goal.
Foul: A violation of the rules for which an official assesses a free kick.
Free kick: A kick awarded to a player for a foul committed by the opposition; the player kicks a stationary ball without any opposing players within 10 yards of him.
Give-and-go (Wall Pass): A player making a short pass to a teammate and then receiving the return pass.
Goal: The manner in which points are scored in soccer; to score, the ball must completely cross over the goal line and into the goal.
Goal: Standing in the center of the goal lines; each goal consists of two wooden posts, 24 feet apart, and a crossbar, 8 feet above the ground.
Goalkeeper: Defends the goal; the only player who can handle the ball within the penalty area with his hands.
Goal kick: A free kick taken either by the goalkeeper or member of the defending team when the attacking team puts the ball over the goal line.
Goal lines: Lines which runs from corner flag to corner flag across each end of the field of play and which the goal is situated; represents the end of the playing area at the far end of each side of the field.
Hand ball: Infraction called when a player other than a goalkeeper intentionally plays a ball with his hand; if a defender handles within the penalty area, a penalty shot is awarded; if the goalkeeper handles the ball inside the penalty area, an indirect free kick is awarded.
Hacking: Kicking an opponent's legs.
Hat trick: Term referring to a three-goal performance in a single match by an individual player.
Heading: Using one's head to score, pass or control the ball.
Header: The act of heading a ball.
Indirect free kick: Free kick that can't result in a goal unless it touches another player first.
Injury time: Time added to the end of each half to compensate for stoppages due to injuries or the scoring of a goal.
Instep drive: A straight shot taken with the instep of a player's foot; usually the most powerful and accurate of shots.
Juggling: Keeping a ball in the air with any part of the body besides the hands or arms; used for practice and developing coordination.
Kickoff: The method of starting a game or restarting it after each goal; a player passes the ball forward to a teammate from the center spot.
Lead pass: A pass sent ahead of a moving teammate to arrive at a location at the same time he does.
Linesmen: Now known as Assistant Referees. The 2 officials who assist the center referee in making his decisions; they monitor the sidelines and goal lines to determine when a ball goes out of bounds and they carry a flag to signal their observations.
Loft (lob): A high-arcing kick.
Man-to-man: A type of defense where each defender is assigned to mark a different forward from the other team; the most common type of defense for national-level teams.
Marking: Guarding a player to prevent him from advancing the ball towards the net, making an easy pass or getting the ball from a teammate.
Match: A soccer game.
Mismatch: When a particular offensive player is far superior to the defender marking him.
Near post: Goal post nearest to the ball.
Net: Hemp, jute or nylon cord draped over the frame of the goal and extending behind it; also used to refer to the goal itself.
Nutmeg: When an attacker moves forward by passing a ball through an opponent's legs.
Obstruction: Illegally preventing an opponent from playing the ball by blocking their path to the ball. Results in an indirect free kick.
Officials: The referee and 2 assistant referees who work together to make sure the game is played according to the rules of soccer; responsible for stopping and restarting play, keeping track of the score and the time remaining and citing violations of the rules, called fouls; they wear uniforms that distinguish them from the players on both teams.
Offside: When an offensive player does not have an opposing player (not the goalie) between them and the goal line when the ball is last played forward by a member of the attacking team.
Offside trap: A defensive scheme which attempts to push defensive players forward in the hopes of putting an attacking player offside.
One-timer (one-touch): When an attacker strikes a shot off a pass or rebound without stopping the ball to gain control.
Open: Describes an attacking player who does not have anyone marking him.
Outlet passes: When a goaltender or defender passes the ball from close to his own goal toward the other team's goal; used to start a counterattack.
Overlap: When a winger moves away from the sideline towards the center of the field to create space for a teammate to advance the ball undefended along the side of the field.
Passing: When a player kicks the ball to his teammate; used to move the ball closer to the opposing goal, to keep the ball away from an opponent or to give the ball to a player who is in a better position to score.
Penalty kick: Direct free kick from 12 yards in front of the goal.
Penetrate: To advance the ball behind opposing defenders (between them and their goal).
Possession: Control of the ball.
Riptide: A current opposing other currents.
Ronkonkoma Riptides: A girls u-14 soccer team created to have fun....but watch out - they never give up and are a force to be reckoned with!
Referee: The center official; he makes all final decisions, acts as timekeeper, calls all fouls and starts and stops play.
Save: The goalkeeper stopping a scoring opportunity by either catching the ball or knocking it away from the goal.
Screening (shielding): When dribbling, staying between the ball and the opponent to protect the ball.
Shin-guard: Pads that strap onto a player's lower leg to protect the shins should he or she be kicked there.
Shooting: When a player kicks the ball at the opponent's net in an attempt to score a goal.
Shorthanded: A team playing with less than its full complement of 11 players.
Shot: A ball kicked or headed by a player at the opponent's net in an attempt to score a goal.
Shoulder charge: minimal shoulder-to-shoulder contact by a defender against a ball carrier; the only contact allowed by the rules unless a defender touches the ball first.
Shutout: Preventing the opposition from scoring any goals in a game; for example, a score of 2-0 or 4-0; goalies are often credited with shutouts because they did not allow any goals to get past them.
Slide tackle: Stripping the ball from a dribbler by making contact with the ball while sliding on the turf.
Square pass: A pass made by a player to a teammate running alongside him.
Steal: When a player takes the ball away from an opposing player
Tackle: To take the ball away from an opponent by using the feet.
Through-pass: A pass that splits a group of defenders.
Touchline (sideline): Line marking the side of the field.
Trap: To bring the ball under control with any part of the body.
Volley: Kicking the ball in or out of mid-air.
Wall: Group of defenders standing shoulder-to-shoulder to defend a free kick, usually near the goal.
The Riptides Have Fun Halloween Pumpkin Picking after a game!
October 28, 2007
Ronkonkoma Riptides Go Undefeated & become LIJSL Fall 2007 Division 7E Champs!
November 18, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving
From the Riptides Coaches
Please note that the Riptides will not be playing in a winter soccer league
Instead, we are looking to have some fun participating in several local indoor winter tournaments
Coach Matt will be having a meeting to discuss the winter plans
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
HERE ARE SOME MEMORABLE QUOTES FROM
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
Sally: I've been looking for you, big brother. Will you please write a letter to Santa Claus for me?
Charlie Brown: Well, I don't have much time. I'm supposed to get down to the school auditorium to direct a Christmas play.
Sally: [hands a clipboard and pen to Charlie Brown] You write it and I'll tell you what I want to say.
Charlie Brown: [sticks pen in his mouth] Okay, shoot.
Sally: [dictating her letter to Santa Claus as Charlie Brown writes it for her] Dear Santa Claus, How have you been? Did you have a nice summer?
[Charlie Brown looks at her]
Sally: How is your wife? I have been extra good this year, so I have a long list of presents that I want.
Charlie Brown: Oh brother.
Sally: Please note the size and color of each item, and send as many as possible. If it seems too complicated, make it easy on yourself: just send money. How about tens and twenties?
Charlie Brown: TENS AND TWENTIES? Oh, even my baby sister!
Sally: All I want is what I... I have coming to me. All I want is my fair share.
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Lucy Van Pelt: You DO think I'm beautiful, don't you, Charlie Brown?
[pause]
Lucy Van Pelt: You didn't answer me right away. You had to think about it first, didn't you? If you really had thought I was beautiful, you would've spoken right up. I know when I've been insulted. I KNOW WHEN I'VE BEEN INSULTED.
Charlie Brown: Good grief.
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Linus Van Pelt: I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love.
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Schroeder: This is the music I've selected for the Christmas play.
[Schroeder plays Fur Elise]
Lucy Van Pelt: What kind of Christmas music is *that*?
Schroeder: Beethoven Christmas music.
Lucy Van Pelt: What has Beethoven got to do with Christmas? Everyone talks about how "great" Beethoven was. Beethoven wasn't so great.
[Schroeder stops playing]
Schroeder: What do you mean Beethoven wasn't so great?
Lucy Van Pelt: He never got his picture on bubblegum cards, did he? Have you ever seen his picture on a bubblegum card? Hmmm? How can you say someone is great who's never had his picture on bubblegum cards?
Schroeder: Good grief.
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Lucy Van Pelt: Are you afraid of responsibility? If you are, then you have hypengyophobia.
Charlie Brown: I don't think that's quite it.
Lucy Van Pelt: How about cats? If you're afraid of cats, you have ailurophasia.
Charlie Brown: Well, sort of, but I'm not sure.
Lucy Van Pelt: Are you afraid of staircases? If you are, then you have climacaphobia. Maybe you have thalassophobia. This is fear of the ocean, or gephyrobia, which is the fear of crossing bridges. Or maybe you have pantophobia. Do you think you have pantophobia?
Charlie Brown: What's pantophobia?
Lucy Van Pelt: The fear of everything.
Charlie Brown: THAT'S IT!
[Lucy goes flying out into a field of snow]
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Charlie Brown: Thanks for the Christmas card you sent me, Violet.
Violet: I didn't send you a Christmas card, Charlie Brown.
Charlie Brown: Don't you know sarcasm when you hear it?
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Everyone: Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!
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Charlie Brown: I guess you were right, Linus. I shouldn't have picked this little tree. Everything I do turns into a disaster. I guess I really don't know what Christmas is all about.
[shouting in desperation]
Charlie Brown: Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?
Linus Van Pelt: Sure, Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about.
[moves toward the center of the stage]
Linus Van Pelt: Lights, please.
[a spotlight shines on Linus]
Linus Van Pelt: "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, 'Fear not: for behold, I bring unto you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.' And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.'"
[Linus picks up his blanket and walks back towards Charlie Brown]
Linus Van Pelt: That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.
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Lucy Van Pelt: You're the innkeeper's wife.
Frieda: Do innkeeper's wives have naturally curly hair?
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Lucy Van Pelt: I know how you feel about all this Christmas business, getting depressed and all that. It happens to me every year. I never get what I really want. I always get a lot of stupid toys or a bicycle or clothes or something like that.
Charlie Brown: What is it you want?
Lucy Van Pelt: Real estate.
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Charlie Brown: [Yells into mailbox] Hello in there.
[looks away and soon begins to walk]
Charlie Brown: Rats. Nobody sent me a Christmas card today. I almost wish there weren't a holiday season. I know nobody likes me. Why do we have to have a holiday season to emphasize it?
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Lucy Van Pelt: Linus, you've got to get rid of that stupid blanket, and here, memorize these lines.
Linus Van Pelt: I can't memorize these lines. This is ridiculous.
Lucy Van Pelt: Memorize it and be ready to recite when your cue comes.
Linus Van Pelt: I can't memorize something like this so quickly. Why should I be put through such agony? Give me one good reason why I should memorize this.
Lucy Van Pelt: I'll give you five good reasons.
[proceeds to make a fist out of her fingers]
Lucy Van Pelt: One, two, three, four, FIVE!
Linus Van Pelt: [begins shaking his head emphatically] Those are good reasons. Christmas is not only getting too commercial, it's getting too dangerous.
Lucy Van Pelt: And get rid of that stupid blanket! What's a Christmas shepherd gonna look like holding a stupid blanket like that?
Linus Van Pelt: Well, this is one Christmas shepherd who's going to keep his trusty blanket with him.
[Lucy raises her fist to strike Linus; Linus puts his blanket over his head like a headdress]
Linus Van Pelt: See? You wouldn't hurt an innocent shepherd, would you?
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Patty: Try to catch snowflakes on your tongue. It's fun.
Linus Van Pelt: Mmm. Needs sugar.
Lucy Van Pelt: It's too early. I never eat December snowflakes. I always wait until January.
Linus Van Pelt: They sure look ripe to me.
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Lucy Van Pelt: Here he comes! Attention, everyone, here's our director.
[Charlie Brown enters, while everyone applauds]
Snoopy: Whoooooooooooooooooooooo.
Charlie Brown: [sarcastically] Man's best friend.
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Lucy Van Pelt: Say, by the way, can you play "Jingle Bells?"
[Schroeder proceeds to play "Jingle Bells", which sounds like a traditional grand piano]
Lucy Van Pelt: [interrupting] No, no. I mean "Jingle Bells." You know, deck them halls and all that stuff?
[Schroeder begins to play again, with the piano sounding like an organ]
Lucy Van Pelt: [interrupting again] No, no. You don't get it at all. I mean "Jingle Bells." You know, Santa Claus and ho-ho-ho, and mistletoe and presents to pretty girls.
[gazes lovingly at Schroeder, who then out of frustration taps one key of the piano while playing "Jingle Bells," which sounds like a child's toy piano]
Lucy Van Pelt: That's it!
[Schroeder turns a few unplanned flips from Lucy's reaction]
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Shermy: Every Christmas it's the same. I always end up playing a shepherd.
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Lucy Van Pelt: Get the biggest aluminum tree you can find, Charlie Brown, maybe painted pink.
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Lucy Van Pelt: Look, Charlie, let's face it. We all know that Christmas is a big commercial racket. It's run by a big eastern syndicate, you know.
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Lucy Van Pelt: You think you're so smart with that blanket. What are you going to do with it when you grow up?
Linus Van Pelt: Maybe I'll make it into a sport coat.
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Charlie Brown: Look, let's rehearse the scene at the inn. Frieda...
Frieda: I can't go on, there's too much dust. It's taking the curl out of my naturally curly hair.
Charlie Brown: Don't think of it as dust. Think of it as maybe the soil of some great past civilization. Maybe the soil of ancient Babylon. It staggers the imagination. He may be carrying soil that was trod upon by Solomon, or even Nebuchudnezzar.
Pig-Pen: Sort of makes you want to treat me with more respect, doesn't it?
Frieda: You're an absolute mess. Just look at yourself.
Pig-Pen: [looks at himself in Frieda's mirror and smiles] On the contrary, I didn't think I looked THAT good.
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Charlie Brown: Pig-Pen, you're the only person I know who can raise a cloud of dust in a snowstorm.
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[Linus knocks on an aluminum Christmas tree, which gives a metallic "clank"]
Linus Van Pelt: This really brings Christmas close to a person.
Charlie Brown: [gazes in amazement] Fantastic.
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[Charlie Brown hangs an ornament on the tree; it bends over]
Charlie Brown: I've killed it. Oh! Everything I touch gets ruined.
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Lucy Van Pelt: Pig-Pen, you're the innkeeper.
Pig-Pen: In spite of my outward appearance, I shall try to run a neat inn.
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Lucy Van Pelt: Snoopy, you'll have to be all the animals in our play. Can you be a sheep?
Snoopy: Baaa!
Lucy Van Pelt: How about a cow?
Snoopy: Moo!
Lucy Van Pelt: How about a penguin?
[Snoopy waddles like a penguin]
Lucy Van Pelt: Yes, he's even a good penguin.
Snoopy: Roar!
[Snoopy then fights like a boxer and jumps on Lucy's head, acting like a vulture]
Lucy Van Pelt: [throwing Snoopy off her head] No, no, no!
[Snoopy starts mocking Lucy]
Lucy Van Pelt: Listen, all of you! You've got to take direction! You've got to have discipline! You've got to have respect for your director!
[notices Snoopy]
Lucy Van Pelt: I oughta slug you!
Lucy Van Pelt: [Snoopy licks her face] Ugh! I've been kissed by a dog! I have dog germs! Get hot water! Get some disinfectant! Get some Iodine!
Snoopy: [Snoopy sticks out his tongue] Bleah!
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[Charlie Brown and Linus return with the puny little tree]
Violet: Boy, are you stupid, Charlie Brown.
Patty: What kind of a tree is that?
Lucy Van Pelt: You were supposed to get a *good* tree. Can't you even tell a good tree from a poor tree?
Violet: I told you he'd goof it up. He isn't the kind you can depend on to do anything right.
Patty: You're hopeless, Charlie Brown.
Frieda: Completely hopeless
Charlie Brown: [upset] Rats!
Lucy Van Pelt: You've been dumb before, Charlie Brown, but this time, you really did it.
[pause; then everyone bursts out laughing]
Lucy Van Pelt: [laughing] What a tree!
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Linus Van Pelt: [after Linus and Charlie Brown discover the little tree] Gee, do they still make wooden Christmas trees?
Charlie Brown: This little green one here seems to need a home.
Linus Van Pelt: I don't know, Charlie Brown. Remember what Lucy said? This doesn't seem to fit the modern spirit.
Charlie Brown: I don't care. We'll decorate it and it'll be just right for our play. Besides, I think it needs me.
[picks up tree; a lot of needles fall off]
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[first lines]
Charlie Brown: [Charlie Brown and Linus stop at a wall on their trip to the pond for ice skating] I think there must be something wrong with me, Linus. Christmas is coming, but I'm not happy. I don't feel the way I'm supposed to feel.
[begins to walk with Linus again]
Charlie Brown: I just don't understand Christmas, I guess. I like getting presents and sending Christmas cards and decorating trees and all that, but I'm still not happy. I always end up feeling depressed.
Linus Van Pelt: Charlie Brown, you're the only person I know who can take a wonderful season like Christmas and turn it into a problem. Maybe Lucy's right. Of all the Charlie Browns in the world, you're the Charlie Browniest.
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[repeated line]
Charlie Brown: What's going on here?
Heading East or West on Sunrise Highway:
Sunrise Highway to EXIT 59, head NORTH on WADING RIVER RD.
Take WADING RIVER RD approx. two miles to stop sign.
At stop sign turn LEFT onto SOUTH ST.
Proceed on South St approx. 1/2 a mile to DAYTON AVE and make a LEFT.
Take DAYTON AVE approx.1/2 a mile to Dayton Ave school.
Turn LEFT into Dayton Ave school.
Heading East or West on Long Island Expressway:
Long Island Expressway to EXIT 69 head SOUTH on WADING RIVER RD.
Take approx 1/4 a mile to STOP SIGN.
At stop sign Turn RIGHT onto SOUTH ST.
Proceed on SOUTH ST approx 1/2 a mile to DAYTON AVE and make a LEFT.
Take DAYTON AVE approx 1/2 a mile to Dayton Ave School.
Turn LEFT into Dayton Ave school.
Happy Birthday Alexis
