Andy Capp by Reg Smythe for August 15, 2020

Me: I’d go for lemon tea (with ginger).

@Linguist Today’s strip IS funny our HERO MR Andrew Capp trip to visit his new neibours in the hope of getting free booze was fruitless :o) my avatar is a photo of mr been wishing my eldest son Arthur a Happy Birthday , 49 years ago was the happiest day of my life , I became a dad for the first time , I was present at the birth and as soon as he was born I grabbed him from the mid-wife’s hands and would not give him back :o) come avete passato la vostra giornata mio meno vechio amico ? our day being a fiestday in Malta should be busy but calm I hope and my Birthday boy should come for a short visit , a bientot amigo

How uncouth of him!

That particular verb has a particular meaning for Andy. Sparkling water and lemon tea do not encompass it.

With a drop of something “medicinal”, unbeknownst to myself.

The man has not taste.

Most of us aren’t alcoholics, Andy.

Ha Ha-It’s a wonder Andy didn’t faint dead away!

I never drink water! – William C. Fields, US juggler and dipsomaniac

If it ain’t acocholic, Andy won’t drink it!