Peanuts by Charles Schulz for April 10, 1983
April 09, 1983
April 11, 1983
Transcript:
Peppermint Patty stands in the house and watches Marcie pull her coat on. She says,"I guess some things stay with us forever."<BR><BR> As they walk out of the house she continues,"My dad said that he's never forgotten something a teacher once wrote on one of his papers..."<BR><BR> They walk down the lane and she continues,"They were supposed to write an essay on human relationships."<BR><BR> They stop at the curb. She reaches up to push the traffic-signal button and continues,"I guess the teacher didn't like his essay because she wrote, 'Fiddlesticks!' at the bottom..."<BR><BR> They continue walking and Marcie says,"I've never heard that expression." Peppermint Patty says,"Anyway, it hurt my dad's feelings, and he never got over it."<BR><BR> Marcie and Peppermint Patty sit at their desk looking at sheets of paper. Marcie says,"I see our teacher has returned the essays we wrote yesterday..."<BR><BR> She asks,"What did the teacher write on yours, sir?"<BR><BR> Peppermint Patty looks at the paper and replies,"Grody to the max!" She grimaces and concludes,"I think I would have preferred 'Fiddlesticks'."<BR><BR>
LadyBlanc over 11 years ago
Yup. I was a teenager then, and I still hated it. My cousin wouldn’t stop saying “Gag me with a spoon!” Until I did. >:)
MrJamie1062 over 10 years ago
I forgot about expressions like "Fiddlesticks"and the synonym “Horsefeathers”,(neither of which is in too much everyday use anymore), both mean “Ridiculous nonsense.” Just goes to show you that certain expressions, or even certain definitions of words, can eventually fall out of common use, and become “dated,” or “outdated,” as time goes by.
G00dgrief over 9 years ago
She’s a valley girl and there is no cure.
thepinkbaroness about 4 years ago
Ughhh… It’s the 80s, all right.