Andy Capp by Reg Smythe for March 07, 2022

did Andy even ask the bus driver to put his fair on his tab?

Not the paddy wagon?

@Number Six Today’s strip IS funny, our HERO Mr Andrew Capp always has a Tongue in cheek answer to the Judge’s question :o) my avatar is of a lady’s method to prevent inhaling second hand smoking , now that i have smoking myself for moe than four years it’s starting to bother me too, how was your day? our Manic Monday should be busy as usual , but we will cope I hope , we both are in a good mood , and when we have done our bulk shopping we have no more errands to run ,juststay inthe house and keep hydrated and wait tiill this evening when the greengrocer van comes up our street, keep warm and catch you later old friend.

Ask a silly question, get a silly answer your honor!

well … you can’t argue with that. he’s under the oath i suppose and said the truth (and at least the bus didn’t go into the canal as well)

Ask a stupid question,…

The driver knows the route well.

Cheeky Andy, Cheeky !

You know, I remember a few years ago

Some funny things used to happen to me

About 1956-57

At that time there was no blues scene

Or not really any kind of scene in London

I used to go out and play my guitar in the streets

And sing things with passing my hat down

I remember one particular night

I was playing the guitar in a little alleyway

Just off of Wardour Street in Soho

And I got busted by the police

This policeman come up and dragged me and my guitar

And my hat full of pennies off to the police station

Anyway, the next day

I had to appear in Marlboro Street Police Court

And it was quite a day

Police officer giving his evidence

I was proceeding in a southernly direction, mi-lord

When I heard strange sounds

Coming from Wardour Place, mi-lord

A sort of boogie woogie music was being played

On further investigation, I saw the defendant

Standing there with a guitar and an old hat

On the floor collecting pennies

Well, I decided that he was contravening

A breach of the peace there, as there was

A traffic jam about five miles long down Wardour Street

Wondering what all the fuss was about

So then I arrested the defendant

Ah, just one moment, officer

Well, what is this boogie woogie music

Here we’re talking about?

“Oh, well, mi-lord”, said the officer

Getting out his notebook, obviously

Been doing up his homework

It’s a kind of jazz-rhythm music

Peculiar to the American-Negro

Oh, and what was the defendant doing

Playing this kind of music there in Wardour street?

Anyway I got off with a caution

A years conditional discharge

But I’ll always remember that policeman

And his boogie woogie music

So don’t try to lay no boogie woogie

On the king of rock and roll

I was thinking maybe his bicycle… I don’t remember seeing it in a while, but I may be forgetting…

Here I thought it was the “Law” that brought him before the court. Silly me.

Well he swore to tell the truth!

We had a frequent flier who was always getting arrested for minor violations like harassment. He was in front of the judge once again, and the judge was tired of seeing him. He fined him $280. (this was late 90s, so a fair sum… He said “I won’t pay!” To which the judge replied “Fine. 15 days! Next!” and banged his gavel. The guy learned a lesson that day!

Pretty sure the “paddy wagon” that drove him there, has a seat reserved just for him.

That question was a bit rhetorical.

Like the spikes on the witness stand. Guess that’s to keep people from dozing off.

Bam badda bing.

Have we ever seen Andy on a bus? I can’t think of a time…

When I lived in Sedona, Arizona, one of our upstanding citizens was brought up in front of the Justice of the Peace for public intoxication ( drunk walking ).

The guy’s lawyer showed up late, still partially intoxicated himself, with his pajama bottoms peeking out from under his trousers and wearing bedroom slippers.

The judge was outraged ( it wasn’t his first rodeo with this particular attorney ) and had the lawyer thrown in jail and fined for contempt of court. The charges against the drunk were dismissed.

Atta boy Andy!

Something my dad was guilty of many times.

“The Jailer’s Lorry, Your Honor.”

Andy’s a real wise guy today.

ba dum tss

I’ve seen the inside of many jails and prisons. Course I worked in a many of ems. Did not care for none of them. Always glad to hit the gate. Hung up the badge 22 years ago.

The Bus company established that route just for Andy.