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1. about 3 hours ago on Peanuts Begins

   Yontrop is correct. A pianist has no control over the pitch of the strings. I think this is more a comment on Charlie’s pretentious claim of knowledge than on whether the notes are in tune.

2. about 22 hours ago on Peanuts Begins

   My apologies, I just reread the strip and there it is at the bottom of the dialog box in panel 3. It doesn’t say “beef,” but one can assume that’s what it was – maybe Dinty Moore?

3. about 23 hours ago on Peanuts Begins

   An interesting discussion about beef stew, but how did the subject come up? I don’t seen any mention of it in the strip, just pork chops and an unspecified alternative.

4. 1 day ago on Peanuts Begins

   I thought that was one of Dorothy Parker’s gems, but it appears to be from Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Alice was the inspiration for the song “Alice Blue Gown.”

5. 2 days ago on Peanuts Begins

   Thanksgiving was on November 22 in 1951. That strip ran here on October 29, 2024. It is interesting that Schulz made no allusion to the Holiday except, perhaps, in the November 21 strip, which ran here on October 28.

6. 4 days ago on Peanuts Begins

   And you can probably find a nice set with wooden mallets and balls if you attend enough garage sales or flea markets. It won’ cost you much and you can find out for yourself after you avail yourself of Purple People Eaters suggestion to look up the rules.

7. 9 days ago on Peanuts Begins

   According to my calculations, there are 37 Monday through Saturday strips left before the first Sunday strip, which ran on January 6, 1952. So unless GoComics makes some kind of adjustment, the first Sunday strip should appear here on Peanuts Begins on December 6, 2024. However, GC has made adjustments in the past. Once they ran a series of Sunday strips in a row before re-starting Peanuts Begins from the first strip.

8. 9 days ago on Peanuts Begins

   (As I recall from the dim, misty past.) Here is a bit more detail. When you hit another player’s ball with your own, you can place your ball next to that player’s ball and “send” it, in the manner described above by LeslieBark. Notice that Charlie has his foot on his ball to hold it in place. If he then hits his own ball, he will send Patty’s ball flying. If Charlie is skilled, he can knock Patty’s ball way out of play so that it may take her several strokes to recover. But the look on Patty’s face makes Charlie think better of that idea.

9. 10 days ago on Peanuts

   GoComics has become absolutely intolerant of a comment including anything that resembles a web address. A few months back, I tried to post a date in the month slash day slash year format. GC refused to post it because it looked to them like a web address.

10. 12 days ago on Pickles

    My Mother claimed her favorite household chore was ironing. It was so satisfying to look at the pressed items she said. And she was ironing when the clothes were 100% cotton and required starch. I have been ironing my own clothes for work and pleasure since college – over 50 years. And while I don’t claim it to be a favorite, I don’t mind doing it. Whereas, my wife almost never irons unless the material or event she will attend absolutely requires it. I can think of many things more boring than ironing.