Peanuts by Charles Schulz for November 08, 2016

Would Lucy want her high school senior picture taken with her (still Lucy) on top of Schroeder’s piano?

After 3rd grade the only photos I wanted taken were my high school senior year photos. After either sixth or seventh grade, those were the only photos I took. At least for school. Just got to the point I hated school photo day, the backgrounds were always so lame and you always had to sit on a stool, wearing clothes you didn’t want to wear to school just so your parents could get some crappy photos. At least seniors got the choice to either have there school photo day photo in the year book or go to the photography studio and get the photos we wanted for the year book at my school. Those were the photos I was proud to give to my grandma.

you will be. all redhairs are at that age.

Better a quick wishy-washy answer than a Beethoven symphony as a response.

Actually it’s a great and diplomatic answer.

I still remember my first-grade photo. The letter sent home said to have your child look “natural”. My mother decided that my hair was naturally curly and gave me a horrendous perm! since my hair was very short it was like I had an afro. I wore a pink sailor dress with a pink yarn ribbon stuck on the top of the mass of curls. She did it again in 4th grade. After that I did my own hair.

Charlie Brown doesn’t like to play the piano?

Is this the start of that restless dialogue about the meaning of life between Charlie Brown and Peppermint Patty?

Not to worry, Peppermint Patty. It will never happen.

Please don’t let him grow up to be a politician.

With answers like that he would have been a good politician.

What Patty calls a “wishy-washy answer” I call “kick save and a beauty.”

This is assuming that Peppermint Patty can get as far as a senior in high school.

Those D- grades tended to mount up……….

After Snoopy, Peppermint Patty is my favorite character: If I were Chuck: “Beauty comes from within, Patty. I’d put your picture on my piano today, if I had one.”

Don’t worry, Peppermint Patty.

Just be grateful you’re not Lucy!

xxx

Schroeder should give Charlie Brown one of his pianos. Maybe then he’ll come up with a less wishy-washy answer.