Tuesday, June 6, 2017
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
East Oregonian
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Page 9A
DEAR ABBY
Man decries rampant false
advertising on dating sites
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I was divorced three
and that’s it. I have tried convincing
years ago, and recently went on
him to get in the shower with me as
some dating sites to find a possible
foreplay, but he refuses. When I ask
companion. All the women I met had
him why he won’t shower, he says he
posted photos that looked nothing
showers “enough.” He doesn’t seem
like them. It was embarrassing.
depressed or moody. He just smells
You usually meet in a public
really bad — especially “down
place, so the gentlemanly thing to do
there.”
is continue the encounter, only to not
All of this is recent. Because he
Jeanne
follow up. It would be so much nicer Phillips washes so infrequently, I have become
if women posted a recent photo/selfie
less willing to have sexual contact
Advice
so that there would be no surprises at
with him. His hygiene problems are
the first date.
major. When we first got together, he
Case in point: I had a date with a lady showered daily or at least every other day. He
whose photo showed her to be slim, with black doesn’t understand how disgusted I am. His
hair. When she showed up she had white hair behavior is extremely gross and unhealthy.
and she had gained at least 30 pounds. She Help! — The Clean One
Dear Clean One: You are absolutely right.
recognized me from my profile photo, which
was recent. Because I’m a gentleman, I made Your fiancé’s poor hygiene IS extremely
no mention of the discrepancy and made the gross and unhealthy. He understands how
most of our lunch.
disgusted you are; he just doesn’t care. He
I think women would be wise to place a cleaned up before because you hadn’t been
recent photo on their profile with the caption, “wooed and won” yet. He may change in the
“What you see is what you get.” It would future, but not for the better.
eliminate any surprises. — Disappointed In
You say this personality change is recent.
Vermont
You might be doing him a favor to suggest
Dear Disappointed: I agree that there that it’s time for a checkup with his doctor.
should be more truth in advertising, which
Dear Abby: What is proper elevator
is why I’m printing your letter. However, the etiquette? I’ve always assumed that passen-
same can be said for men who have also been gers should exit the elevator before new
known to fudge the truth about their height ones get on. However, I have seen some
and weight, and whose photos feature them people push their way through the door
wearing baseball caps to hide their baldness. while people are exiting. Shouldn’t they wait
There will be a better outcome and fewer until everyone has left the elevator before
disappointments if the “moment of truth” entering? It seems like common sense to me.
comes BEFORE the meeting.
— Ann In New York
Dear Abby: I am very frustrated because
Dear Ann: It IS common sense, and it’s
my soon-to-be husband doesn’t shower often also the rule of etiquette. The people you
enough. He showers about twice a month — describe are impatient, ignorant or rude.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 5-6, 1917
There is a possibility of Mayor Best and
four councilmen, whose terms would ordi-
narily expire on Jan. 1, 1918, holding over
until the next general state election a year
from next fall because of the passage of the
measure requiring city and state elections to
be held on the same dates. This is the opinion
of some of the local attorneys. The law
passed Monday by the voters becomes effec-
tive at once, and the city can not therefore
hold its biennial election next December,
they believe. Under this amendment also it
will be possible for cities and towns to avail
themselves of the use of the county registra-
tion books, in place of keeping a separate
set of such books. It will be necessary for
the cities and towns to make the boundaries
of their election precincts identical with the
boundaries of the county election precincts,
and to make use of the names registered with
the county clerk of the particular city.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 5-6, 1967
Pendleton
Community
Television
System is “moving ahead to bring in two
channels from Portland,” manager Wes
Stone said today. Two Spokane channels
will be dropped to make room on the cable
system for two Portland channels. Portland
stations KOIN-CBS and KATU-ABC will
replace Spokane stations KXLY-CBS and
KREM-ABC.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 5-6, 1992
A grass fire whipped by winds scorched an
estimated 700 acres of range and pasture land
northwest of Heppner Thursday afternoon.
Firefighters from the region battled the blaze
for about four hours, but it was Slaughter
House Road that stopped the flames about a
half mile west of Heppner High School. The
fire started about 12:30 p.m. near corrals on
the ranch of Morrow County Judge Louis
Carlson, who is out of town this week. It
burned about 250 acres of rangeland in the
Conservation Reserve Program and 150
acres of pasture land owned by Carlson, plus
about 300 acres of pasture land owned by
Fred Hoskins.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is the 157th day
of 2017. There are 208 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On June 6, 1944, during
World War II, Allied forces
stormed the beaches of
Normandy, France, on
“D-Day” as they began the
liberation of German-occu-
pied Western Europe.
On this date:
In 1523, Gustav Vasa
became Sweden’s new
king, Gustav I.
In 1654, Queen Chris-
tina of Sweden abdicated;
she was succeeded by her
cousin, Charles X Gustav.
In 1799, American
politician and orator Patrick
Henry died at Red Hill
Plantation in Virginia.
In
1809,
Sweden
adopted a new constitution.
In 1844, the Young
Men’s Christian Asso-
ciation was founded in
London.
In 1925, Walter Percy
Chrysler
founded
the
Chrysler Corp.
In 1933, the first drive-in
movie theater was opened
by Richard Hollingshead
in Camden County, New
Jersey. (The movie shown
was “Wives Beware,” star-
ring Adolphe Menjou.)
In 1966, black activist
James
Meredith
was
shot and wounded as he
walked along a Mississippi
highway to encourage black
voter registration.
In 1968, Sen. Robert
F. Kennedy died at Good
Samaritan Hospital in Los
Angeles, a day after he
was shot by Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan.
In 1977, a sharply
divided U.S. Supreme
Court struck down a
Louisiana law imposing an
automatic death sentence
on defendants convicted of
the first-degree murder of a
police officer.
In 1982, Israeli forces
invaded Lebanon to drive
Palestine Liberation Orga-
nization fighters out of
the country. (The Israelis
withdrew in June 1985.)
Today’s Birthdays: Sing-
er-songwriter Gary “U.S.”
Bonds is 78. Country singer
Joe Stampley is 74. Jazz
musician Monty Alexander is
73. Actor Robert Englund is
70. Folk singer Holly Near is
68. Singer Dwight Twilley is
66. Playwright-actor Harvey
Fierstein is 65. Comedian
Sandra Bernhard is 62.
International Tennis Hall
of Famer Bjorn Borg is 61.
Actress Amanda Pays is 58.
Comedian Colin Quinn is 58.
Record producer Jimmy Jam
is 58. Rock musician Steve
Vai is 57. Rock singer-mu-
sician Tom Araya (Slayer) is
56. Actor Jason Isaacs is 54.
Rock musician Sean Yseult
(White Zombie) is 51. Actor
Max Casella is 50. Actor
Paul Giamatti is 50. Rock
musician James “Munky”
Shaffer (Korn) is 47. Rapper-
rocker Uncle Kracker is 43.
Thought for Today:
“Excellence is to do a
common thing in an
uncommon way.” — Booker
T. Washington, American
educator (1856-1915).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE