Andy Capp by Reg Smythe for May 13, 2023

He better stay away from power tools.

boss is wearing a purple suit and a bad comb over…maybe Andy can lend him his hat…

give him credit – he knows his wood indeed

Willy: “You’re hired!”

Andy: “Oh, no!”

Will Mr. Purple Suit give that useless drunk a try, at least? Nah, not if he wants to keep the Woodworkers’ Union’s patronage!!

Is it more difficult to guzzle at an inferior bar?

Never work for someone wearing a purple suit. Never! FREE ELDO! And a pox on whoever flagged him!

Andy, " And on this side of my head is oak grain, when I passed out at the Jolly R…, on this side it is walnut grain from Jack’s… on my nose is pine from the Pig and …"

Woodn’t the bar in The Boilermakers be made of riveted and welded steel?

I can’t see Andy carving out a niche in woodworking, even a whittle bit.

I don’t think that’s the type of wood information that Willy is looking for.

I’ll bet he could tell them all about the FLOORS too!

Surprising Andy knows so many bars. I thought he was barred from most of them.

FREE Eld0 & Eld0 of the Future!

That’s his frame of reference.

I don’t care how much Lacquer you give Andy. He will never, never have a varnished shine to him.

But does he respect wood?

Willy could have saved himself some time if he had first asked Andy what he knew about working with wood.

No comment.

If Andy got the job and we could see him work, this would give the story a whole new dimension for the 21st Century.

PINE? In the Boilermakers? Nah, probably Iron wood! And in the Jolly Riveters…..methinks ‘Cheery Cherry’!!

Given how sloshed he is, I’m surprised Andy can tell one kind of wood from another.