Peanuts by Charles Schulz for February 03, 2023

Dancing cheek to cheek is fun Patty but learning cheeks to cheeks is a whole other matter!

A mood ring is a finger ring that contains a thermochromic element, or “mood stone”, that changes colors based on the temperature of the finger of the wearer.

Psalm 37:8“Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.”

So does Chuck have to buy Peppermint Patty a new mood ring after that little incident over a big problem?

Mood ring, just one of the fads of the mid 70s like the Pet Rock, “pyramid power” and for 10 year old kis, “Wackie Packages”.

mood ring was in a mood too

Since they now attend the same school, will they be on the same baseball team?

Change seats already

Patty’s relationship with Charlie Brown has always been a bit fraught. On and off for years she’d have a desperate crush on him (competing with the little red-headed girl and even Marcie), and would get angry — as she does here — when things didn’t go exactly as she wanted. She was initially thrilled to be sharing a desk with him … they were a couple, sort of. But that went sideways, and now she’s frustrated and angry at Chuck and herself without being able to define why. The result is an exploded mood ring.

I used to borrow my mother’s mood ring to play Green Lantern.

Replace Peppermint Patty’s mood ring with a Rubik’s Cube. Solving that should rivet her attention and maybe calm here down. (The cubes were big at about that time I believe.)

Chuck isn’t thrilled with you right now, either.

I think that’s a sign to just go home and sleep.

Like you’re a barrel of laughs, PP!

Next time you try to insinuate something romantic to Charlie Brown, I’ll remind you of the ring incident.

If it was an Apple Watch, it would have exploded too. Too bad Apple doesn’t make an iRing for fingers.

PP is learning the other side to having a love affair. The adoration phase may be fine, but the getting along with them phase is another matter.

I remember the old mood rings… gave one to my mom.

I think she still has it too.

I don’t know how longer Chuck can take sitting with Peppermint Patty anymore.

PP has the hot hand right now.

Mood rings were a fun fad. I never had one, but it was a fun idea.

I actually remember those!

This all started because PP has to share, she must not like sharing.

Schulz is telling a story of marriage, possibly his own… He divorced in 1972, this arc is from 1976.

January 10: Wow! This is great!

January 11: Hips touching [NSFW]

January 25: Arguing over trivial matters (True or False questions)

January 30-31: You don’t like me… and don’t sigh like that.

February 2: Annoyed by the partner’s chewing.

February 3: No more ring on Patty’s finger.

It’s Charlie Brown who needs to get away from HER! She never shuts up! AAaaack!

And sitting next to you is no picnic for Charlie Brown, Miss Peppermint Patty

Meanwhile,who’s sharing a desk with Pig-Pen?

A very dark sign.

“How do you like yourself?” ~ Martha Sowerby

I have quartz stones. They supposedly absorb bad energy. I have broken three so far. At least Patty admits it’s not nice to feel that way.

I have warm hands. My mood ring was always indigo, no matter my mood.

I used to have a t-shirt that changed color with body temperature. Probably toxic. Was fun!

It was the seventies. We had pet rocks, and pet rocks for your finger.

“bad mood an angry or irritable state of mind.”

“Anger is an emotion characterized by antagonism toward someone or something you feel has deliberately done you wrong. Anger can be a good thing. It can give you a way to express negative feelings, for example, or motivate you to find solutions to problems.”

Find the solution Patty…

Don’t remember not being able to eat my lunch because of a mood when a schoolgirl. Not once.

You mean your heat ring just exploded.

Used to have one of those!!!

I’d get a refund for that.