Peanuts by Charles Schulz for August 20, 2023

I understand not wanting to get ice cream on the brand-new books, but I’m not sure you can get books into the ice cream

way to sidetrack the conversation, Chuck!

Peppermint Patty wanted a one sided conversation

you could nod a little louder Charlie Brown…and speaking of eating, nice word salad Patty!

Yeah, Chuck! How DARE you derail a boring story with your bizarre reaction to…reading and eating…at the same time.

…why did this even happen in the first place?

“Conversation” does not mean “waiting for you to shut up so I can talk,” Chuckles. This is one of the many reasons no one likes you much.

She may hate talking to you, Chuck, but Marcie is the only other person who will listen to her.

Charlie Brown ought to consider the possibility that, while eating the salty chips, he has absent-mindedly touched his eye area.

At least we now understand the tear in the first panel—I thought he was crying!

What a blockhead!

That’s novel, Chuck.

True story! I was living in Santa Rosa when this strip was first published and Coddingtown Shopping Center across the street from Sparky’s studio had these two stores next to each other with the signs he described. The bookstore replaced the sign in their window with this strip.

I believe the context was missed by Patty.

The days before bookstores had their own coffee shops.

I never had that problem Charlie had when I read books. But I imagine the author James Hilton had that same problem, which probably inspired him to write “Goodbye, Mr. Chips.” and then Hilton’s problem was solved.

Salt and Vinegar chips are just too strong for some people.

It’s not easy to have a consistent conversation, but I’m actually pretty interested in what Charlie Brown said.

Too bad the bookstore chains B. Dalton, Waldenbooks, Crown Books, J.K. Gill, Bretano’s, Coopersmith’s, Bookland, Paperback Booksmith, and Borders no longer exist. But there’s still Barnes and Noble and Books-a-Million. Even many local comic book shops.

I can understand the book stores concern for stained books, but the ice cream store should encourage book readers to frequent their store. The owners of the ice cream store are just being catty.

You can’t say that Charlie Brown didn’t try to add to the conversation. Unfortunately, that’s all he can ever do – Try.

In my neighborhood there’s a Jenny Craig right next to a fast food place. Talk about irony…

Sour cream and onion chips probably

Read ’em and weep, while you dip into the chips…

Remebering that “Seinfeld” where George is at a Barnes and Noble, and takes a big expensive coffee-table book into the mens room – then has to buy it, and can’t sell it off anywhere, people recognizing the “toilet book”.

Then talk into a mirror.

Try an adventure story next time, CB…

Do his eyes water because of the story or because of the chips?

Vegas has this beat, with wedding chapels next to divorce lawyers

This is what they call a one sided conversation.

Eating potato chips will reading a book so that all the crumbs fall in the book and leave nice greasy stains. Good thinking, blockhead.

It’s all about you Chuck, you blockhead. Good grief!

I do hate when people abruptly change the subject by latching onto something incidental like that.