Andy Capp by Reg Smythe for December 02, 2021

As if Flo would buy Andy a smartphone.

Don’t fix what ain’t broken. And ask Jack to cover up the mirrors in the Rose and Crown. Then you won’t see the “boozy ol’ bores” whenever you walk past them.

Just getting a Domino’s pizza has become a pain in the mozzarella. “Sorry you need an app to order a pizza.” Homemade is easier…….

@Number Three Today’s strip IS funny , our HERO MR Andrew Capp is a luddite all that technical jargon goes over his head so he changed his mind to abandon the Rose and Crown :o), my avatar again is a picture of Rowan Atkinson as Mr Been grinning because he’s in a good mood like I am , how was your day? our Thursday should be busy as usual but we are both in a good mood , no shopping or errands to run , just keep inside the house keep hydrated till this evening when the greengrocer van comes up our street , keep safe and thanks for caring young Lady

welcome to our world Andy…all app, little service!

Forced into technology? A couple of crisp bank notes never gets rejected by a machine. Now where’s my beer? And not one of those perfumy orange rind dregs.

Andy would have taken it to the hock shop within moments of opening it’s pristine box.

I agree with Andy.I’m already avoiding all the restaurants that ask me to scan QR codes.

So Andy isn’t ready to take a byte in today’s world? Not even just a lit bit? Does he even know how to use a phone that doesn’t have a mechanical dialer?

This time I agree with Andy. All that just for a beer??

So far I’ve managed to live my live without a SMART PHONE. Even when I had to replace my old 3G flip phone I managed to upgrade to 4G, and it is still a flip phone … :)

They sure do get an [$#!@@&] attitude when I tell them I do not have such a thing after they have seated me.

Of course that is Andy’s reaction. But once it’s downloaded he can just click and order all day. And even use paypal to pay for it!

Andy should have brought Chalkie with him. A while back, there was series of strips where he had a smartphone, and of course he’d be paying for all of Andy’s drinks.

I keep a flip-phone (with the battery out of it) in the car for emergencies, but I’ll have one of those so-called “smartphones” only after I’m dead. I don’t need one, don’t want one, I’ve no inclination to learn all of the ins & outs of (safely) using one, and I’m sure as heck not going to pay some exorbitant monthly fee to own one. Worse, they are the death of privacy for everyone. If I ever encounter an establishment that won’t take my order and accept my payment the old fashioned way, not only will they not receive my patronage but I WILL make a scene about it.

I bet there’s some lame pub exactly like that.

My wife and I went to a restaurant recently that did not have ANY menus! Everything was online and ordering to your table was through their app. As neither my wife nor I have a smart phone ordering dinner was very challenging as the waiter did have a tablet but would not let us see it to determine what we wanted.

Andy Isn’t an old bore, just boozey.

I’ve walked out of this situation many times

This time I’m with Andy.

I’m Hip. Wife and I went into a clothing store while on vacation. Two outfits she wanted but we were told same type lingo = down store app – scan, pay and clear at door. Never seen a clerk. Just a walk around stock people. Worst than walmart.

Andy and a smartphone – like booze and liquor. Hard mix. Harder to swallow.

Wow good way to go keeps Andy out and you are paid for every drink. NO TABS. NO ANDY. NO COPS several nights a week.

This cartoon speaks to me!

PLUS, you have to PAY for them!

Not a hipster then.

I do not go to the restaurants that you have to download the menu.

And wait ’til you get a load of them craft beers.

Guess them boozy ol’ bores aren’t so bad after all.

Unlike a lot on here I have a smart phone, but if you want me to have an app to do business with you then I am going elsewhere as there is no way I am having your badly written spy-ware on my phone

If this technology filters down to all of Andy’s regular haunts, that’ll be all the motivation he needs to get a smart phone and learn how to use it.

Even the Doctors want to check ya over by App now. Skype me doc. Another 220 bucks for the New Age and I didn’t even get to see His cute nurse.

Sounds like a true hipster doofus.

Ever notice how hipsters will do things just to anger the generation before them?I understand what Mr. Capp just went through.

True!

Our ancestors would be truly amazed at stuff like this. I already love using self service checkouts. But as for the app thing, I still prefer to pay in cash.

She says after paying with her debit card twice in the city today!

xxx

@Afficionado

Hey, Affie.

Well after nearly 2 years, I finally made it to the city today. I also tried Mac ‘n Cheese for the first time. My verdict? It was very nice but also rather sickly. I couldn’t eat that on a regular basis. So 50/50 I would say.

If this comment gets at least 5 Likes before turnover, I will post a few photos of my time in the city from beginning to end. I only took a few.

Stay safe, stay well and stay happy, pal.

Frankly, I’m with Andy. And I spent a whole career in high tech; I’m hardly a technophobe. But the trendies are certainly making it all too tiresome.

Not if he get arrested or falls in the canal. Mr Capp is a beer purist not that crafted ale shit.

At Buffalo Wild Wings I couldn’t get menu on my phone

For all those who like to imbibe the various forms of fermented or distilled spirits, today is the feast day of Saint Bibiana who is the patron for preventing hangovers. I don’t know if she is related to the tooth fairy from Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather novel, but I think the “Oh God of Hangovers” would like to make her acquaintance.

Sheesh, and here I though technology was supposed to make things simpler! (Incidentally, I don’t have a smartphone, but I do have a tablet, which serves the same purpose.)

That’s backwards. You scan the QR code to download the app.