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Friday, May 29, 2015 PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK East Oregonian Page 7A DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Politics served with profanity makes dinner hard to swallow FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: My sister-in-law Dear Abby: After 12 years of and her live-in boyfriend, “Bud,” get PDUULDJH P\ KXVEDQG DQG , ¿QDOO\ together with us for dinner and outings. KDYHRXU¿UVWFKLOGDOLWWOHJLUO<HV We enjoy each other’s company, but I was very happy to have a child over the last couple of years he has on the way, but I was also very been making disparaging remarks depressed. My OB/GYN had to put on the subject of politics. We do not me on anti-depression medication belong to the same political party, and for it. I felt that only family should his remarks make our blood boil. know and, while I was pregnant, my Jeanne Bud knows we belong to the Phillips husband went along with it. other party, but continues his barrage But now, if someone asks about my Advice peppered with profanity. It’s impos- pregnancy or jokes about us having a sible to have an intelligent debate with second child, he will tell them he’s him before the cursing starts spewing out. A not sure because during my pregnancy I was difference of opinion is tolerated, but when depressed. When I ask him please not to tell it’s laced with profanity it becomes hard to people about it, he says, “Why not? You have swallow. My husband feels the same way. nothing to be ashamed of.” How can I get I would tell Bud to head south as far as him to understand that for me, it’s not about he can go, were it not for my sister-in-law’s shame but PRIVACY? — New Mom In feelings. (She’s pretty close to my husband.) Louisiana I thought it better not to say anything during Dear New Mom: While I agree that these dressing-downs, but I don’t know depression is nothing to be ashamed of, I how much longer I can keep my mouth shut also agree with you that some things should without blasting him. How should I handle be kept private — and your medical history this? — Ready To Blow In Idaho is one of them. Perhaps your husband would Dear Ready To Blow: You and your understand if you analogize it with a man husband should pick up the phone and call using Viagra. While he might use the little your sister-in-law. Tell her that as much as you blue pill with abandon, many men would love her and Bud, the political discussions prefer folks to assume they didn’t need the have gotten out of hand, and therefore, there pharmaceutical assistance. will be NO MORE discussions about politics Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van when you get together. Period. If Bud starts Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and in, your husband should not take the bait. You was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. are both to say, “We’ll never agree on this, so Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com let’s change the subject.” or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE DILBERT THE WIZARD OF ID LUANN ZITS BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 29, 1915 ³:HZLOOEHPDUULHGZKHQ,¿QLVKVFKRRO´ Three of the senior girls of the high school thus gave their answer some months past to three waiting swains who could ill content themselves with the delay. So impatient were they in fact to claim their brides that they made graduation day also their wedding day. That is, two of them did, while the third waited less WKDQKRXUVWRDVNIRUWKHIXO¿OOPHQWRIWKH troth. Thus today comes the announcement that three of the sweet girl graduates of last evening, Miss Lois Hampton, Miss Carrie Ferguson and Miss Maude Suiste, have made their graduation a commencement indeed. In fact two of them were brides when they took the place on the stage last evening although there were few aware of the fact. All three of the weddings have been the nature of surprise affairs and have given the high school students something of which to talk. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 29, 1965 Some area residents may turn back the clock thousands of years in event of a nuclear attack by taking shelter in a cave. Civil THIS DAY IN HISTORY BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE BY SCOTT ADAMS BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART BY GREG EVANS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN defense personnel plan a survey soon of the area south of Pilot Rock, where a large cave exists on the Porter ranch. They would determine if the cave would provide protec- tion from the radioactive fallout of a nuclear explosion. Tom Campbell, Umatilla County civil defense director, said the Pilot Rock area is one where more shelters are needed. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 29, 1990 Fourteen years ago Harvey Helms brought a tiny redwood tree on the California coast to take home to Hermiston. He planted the tree, a twig a few inches high, among the VQDSGUDJRQVDQGRWKHUÀRZHUVLQKLV\DUGRQ Oak Avenue. He never gave it much chance to live, because the redwood tree, which typically stands 200 feet and higher, thrives only along the coast from central California to southern Oregon. Rarely is it found more than 50 miles inland. “It didn’t start growing for years,” he said. Then a couple of years ago, the tree decided it liked Hermiston’s climate in general and Harvey’s yard in particular. It began to grow. Today the tree hits Helms at the waist, and this spring pale green needles popped out around the tree like never before. Today is the 149th day of 2015. There are 216 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 29, 1765, Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before Virginia’s House of Burgesses. On this date: In 1790, Rhode Island became the 13th original colony to ratify the United States Constitution. In 1848, Wisconsin became the 30th state of the union. In 1912, the ballet “L’Apres-midi d’un Faune” (The Afternoon of a Faun), with music by Claude Debussy, premiered in Paris with Vaslav Nijinsky dancing the title role. In 1913, the ballet “Le Sacre du printemps” (The Rite of Spring), with music by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky, had its chaotic world premiere in Paris. The D.H. Lawrence novel ³6RQV DQG /RYHUV´ ZDV ¿UVW published by Duckworth & Co. of London, albeit in an expurgated version. STONE SOUP BIG NATE In 1917, the 35th pres- ident of the United States, John F. Kennedy, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. In 1932, World War I veterans began arriving in Washington to demand cash bonuses they weren’t sched- uled to receive until 1945. In 1943, Norman Rock- well’s portrait of “Rosie the Riveter” appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post. In 1953, Mount Everest was conquered as Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tensing Norgay of Nepal EHFDPH WKH ¿UVW FOLPEHUV WR reach the summit. In 1961, a couple in Paynesville, West Virginia, EHFDPH WKH ¿UVW UHFLSLHQWV of food stamps under a pilot program created by President John F. Kennedy. In 1973, Tom Bradley was HOHFWHGWKH¿UVWEODFNPD\RU of Los Angeles, defeating incumbent Sam Yorty. In 1985, 39 people were killed at the European Cup Final in Brussels, Belgium, when rioting broke out and a wall separating British and Italian soccer fans collapsed. Today’s Birthdays: Former Baseball Commis- sioner Fay Vincent is 77. Motorsports Hall of Famer Al Unser is 76. Actor Kevin Conway is 73. Actor Helmut Berger is 71. Rock singer Gary Brooker (Procol Harum) is 70. Actor Anthony Geary is 68. Actor Cotter Smith is 66. Singer Rebbie (ree-bee) Jackson is 65. Movie composer Danny Elfman is 62. Presidential assailant John W. Hinckley Jr. is 60. Singer LaToya Jackson is 59. Actor Ted Levine is 58. Rock musi- cian Chan Kinchla (Blues Traveler) is 46. Cartoonist Aaron McGruder (“The Boondocks”) is 41. Singer Melanie Brown (Spice Girls) is 40. Actress Lorelei Linklater (Film: “Boyhood”) is 22. Thought for Today: “When we recall the past, ZH XVXDOO\ ¿QG WKDW LW LV the simplest things — not the great occasions — that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.” — British-born American comedian Bob Hope (born this date in 1903, died 2003). BY JAN ELLIOT BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
