Schroeder (Peanuts) that he yanks the piano out from underneath her to get her away from him; on one occasion both Lucy and Frieda lounge on Schroeder's piano until he yanks it from beneath them both after Frieda mistakenly thinks Beethoven is a drink (she says, "All right but I'll just have a small glass"). Schroeder does allow Charlie Brown to lounge against the piano, because of their solid friendship. How Lucy keeps getting into Schroeder's house is never addressed. Lucy regularly vexes and perplexes Schroeder with speculations about what their lives would be like if they were married. On one occasion,
The Perishers remember us with the affecshun we feel for you." The tone of the strip is reminiscent of Charles M. Schulz's final "Peanuts" strip, from which the Perishers strip took its inspiration. The strip was initially replaced by the short-lived "Ronaldinho", during the then-ongoing World Cup. After the tournament, the American "Pooch Cafe" appeared as a more permanent replacement. After a gap of nearly four years, the original cartoon strip returned to the "Daily Mirror" as reprints, on 22 February 2010. Additionally, over the years there have been a number of cheaply printed reprint collections in paperback, all of which went