Andy Capp by Reg Smythe for September 06, 2016

Yeah, that’s dumb even for you, Andy!

I’m guessing that nothing’s wild.

gee, how did Andy sneak a fifth ace in his hand?

And it’s easy to tell from the backs of the cards, ALL five aces are from different decks

Oye Andy lad for shame. And is your pint glass half full or half empty?

Know when to walk away, and know when to run!

I guess that Andy is playing with a full deck and more !

People used to get shot for this in the old west.

@ beviek &@ afficionado Aren’t you two capable or proficient enough to use e-mail instead of this site to BROADCAST your personal lives to the world. You obviously have no pride.

Robert Shaw in “The Sting”: “What was I supposed to do, accuse him of cheating better than me?”One of my favorite “Tumbleweed” strips is one where Tumbleweeds, Ace, Snake Eye and somebody else (the Deputy, or Soppy Sopwell, maybe) are playing poker. Snake Eye asks, “Is deuces wild?”Ace: “No.”Snake Eye: “Why not?” :Ace: “Because you’ve got two deuces.”Snake Eye: “How do you know?”Ace: “I DEALT, didn’t I?”Snake Eye draws his revolver, and Ace draws his derringer. Tumbleweeds: “Pinochle, anybody?”

So… OK. What does having 5 Aces mean?

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That’s one of my all time favorite Andy Capp strips !

Flo would be proud of him.

How many missplaced apostrophe’s are there in this sentence?—Answer Later.

I’m ashamed to admit, I don’t know how to play poker.

Can’t remember the movie, but the good guys were trying to create dissension among the opposition, and one way was messing with a card game, making it look like one of the others was cheating. Don’t recall the actor (possibly Walter Brennan) who said; “I’m not a stickler for rules, but, 5 aces? That’s a lot of aces.”

@beviekI did actually feel the earthquake, and thought (very sleepily, because it was 7:02 on a Sunday morning!) that “New Madrid’s acting up, seems like.” I hadn’t actually heard of Pawnee, Oklahoma, until then. (Technically until later……) I’ve actually been to New Madrid but they didn’t have any earthquakes scheduled for that day so I didn’t feel any. This was the first earthquake I’ve felt in my entire life, and only my bed shook a little, and no pictures were knocked off their hangers nor were any plants nor animals harmed (far as I could tell…….)

How many missplaced apostrophe’s are there in this sentence?—Answer: NoneI placed it there and I’m not a miss.

Interesting if they’re five different suits.