Andy Capp by Reg Smythe for July 29, 2020

I hope this judge isn’t the only judge in town.

First panel is silly, Andy is in appearance in court!Judge should be evaluated for delusion of the obvious!!

@Number Three Today’s strip IS funny , our HERO Mr Andrew Capp interpretation of the Judge’s statement to suit Andy’s agenda to weasel out of a stint in the lock up is typical :o) my Avatar is a picture of sleepy from Walt Disney’s classic which is how I feel after passing a sleepless night worrying because Alex is taking Connie for a Surgical out-patients appointment this morning :o{ how was your day ? ours looks like being hectic but we should cope I hope take care , like your new avatar and will keep you posted pal

He didn’t mean it that way, Andy. You won’t like the way he DID mean it.

Judge; Don’t be cute, £100 fine or 20 days, ( Flo is rooting for the 20 days )

One part of me wants to say touchè, but the other half wants to say….

Andy is law-abiding in ways that we couldn’t imagine! :D

@Number Three All’s well that ends well , mostly :o{

There has recently been mention of the 1976-8 comic Krazy. One of the strips in Krazy was called “Paws” and was by Leslie Harding who was Reg Smythe’s icon when Reg first became a cartoonist and who helped Reg to become a professional cartoonist.

Today, I looked up “Leslie Harding cartoonist” on Google and found two websites of special interest to me. One was “Leslie Harding – Reg Smythe” which told me some more about Reg and Leslie. The other was “Leslie Harding – Cheeky Weekly”. It was actually about a Paws strip which Leslie drew for Krazy but contained a single-panel appearance by Cheeky who appeared in two separate strips in Krazy – “The Krazy Gang” and “Hello – It’s Cheeky”. Cheeky went on to have his own weekly comic called “Cheeky Weekly”.

The Paws strip is also of interest to Andy Capp fans as it features a cloud fight between two dogs near the end. The cloud fight contains the words “Growl” and “Grrr” but also the words “Biff!” and “Bash!” which would be more suited to a cloud fight between humans.

Point.

https://youtu.be/cTP5bfXBSas

“Make up yer mind, will ya?!”

So have they replaced the “your worship” with “your honor?” With the British “u” of course.

I worked with a guy who had a habit of speeding, especially through this town where they would always catch him and he always had to make a court appearance. The last time he was there the judge told him “Mr. —, if I see you in my courtroom again I am going to throw away the key!” After that he slowed down going through that town, though he didn’t slow down anywhere else.

I had to skip a first appearance as I knew they were gonna lock me up this time and did not want my car to be in a town 120 Kilometers away for 2 weeks to 2 months. Cop in Hamilton said skip the first and we will put out a warrant the following Sunday and they would transport me down for Monday morning court. Worked out just fine.

This new crew at Andy Capp is certainly on a roll. Another funny strip! What a pleasant change from the last couple of years…

What he probably meant was: He HOPED to never see you in his court again.

But there is no hope any more…

Haha.

xxx

@Afficionado

What kind of surgical procedure was it? I hope Connie is home now and resting up! She’s very lucky to have somebody who worries about her so much.

The wind seems to have settled down now but whenever I woke up, I could still hear it and it was strong so I just decided not to go out again today.

Much Love & Many Prayers.

I was looking at my holiday photos from my Mystery Cruise last year and came across this one taken in Stavanger, Norway. I happened to zoom in and noticed this bloke glaring at me from his van. Scary……

I was taking a photo of the massive hotel in front of me. Not him! Haha.

Zoomed:

https://flic.kr/p/2jr67ZR

Original:

https://flic.kr/p/2hQqgvz

I was in the surgical out patient Mon. but didn’t want to get into it.

There’s just no pleasing some people.

To some degree, that is a somewhat decent defense…