Andy Capp by Reg Smythe for May 25, 2023

Guilt by association

And the lineage continues.

uhh … too much for ancestral pride I guess

Ebenezer Capp, ha ha…I wonder if he was a drink cadger as well?

Ebenezer seems to have been a popular name in the old days, I have never met an Ebenezer yet?

Like ancestor, like descendent!!

BTW, how much is a guinea worth today?

Good thing the penny farthing hadn’t been invented yet as old Eb might not have survived to breed our current luggabout, who may never have happened. What a red letter day for the “pool” had Andy never come into existence.

*"How hard is it to ride a penny-farthing?

Penny farthings were notoriously difficult to handle, and if a rider

ever attempted to stop too abruptly, there was a chance that he or

she would “take a header”, which in other words meant “fly

headlong over the handlebars and into the ground”.Jan 24, 2022*

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=penny+farthing

Fined one guinea? Ouch.

Fined one Guinea. I have a friend who raises guinea chickens. Could he pay with a chicken? Or would that be a fowl guinea.

It apparently runs in the family. Andy should be proud.

a tradition for two generations.

Andy is a chip of the old blockhead, as Mad magazine would put it!

“25th . . Flo’s Mum yes, but We rarely hear of Andy’s Dad, and there’s a reason for that”

one new – not counting the comments?

https://www.gocomics.com/profile/1296754

Which means the Capps had money at one time, at least according to the allusion. FREE ELDO from the GULAG! And bring back Percy and Mary!

Our beloved Andy, following in the giant footsteps of his ancestors. Step up to the bar Andy, I’ll buy you a pint.

Assuming Andy will have no children, the line ends with him.

And Ebenezer’s DNA is alive and well at the end of the bar.

The expression on Andy’s face is priceless!

There you are, it’s hereditary.

Ebenezer would be proud of you, Andy, and you might want to think about getting rid of your door knocker. Dilly! Dilly!

How can a newspaper 173 years old look perfect, readable and page turning? It is called pool times, Never saw a pool table in a mid 1800s saloon.

Well, at least someone in the family is notorious.

A guinea is a coin equal to a pound and a shilling. Why did they ever mint a coin with such a bizarre value?

Thanks Eld0, the master’s humor is entertaining. FREE ƹʅɗʘ and ƹʅɗʘ in Thƹ Futurƹ! BTW: Bring back Percy the Rentman, Mary the Barmaid & the pigeons.

At least he has the excuse of it running in the family now!

LOL! Just laugh it off- -one of my ancestors robbed a stagecoach in the 1800s. He is a hero to me.

uThat’s a great declaration of family connectivity- ha, ha!!

I know from doing an Ancestry DNA test that one of my ancestors was an African man or woman. But that’s about all I know. My results update every so often and I am currently 3% Ethiopia & Eritrea. Quite rare in a European so I’ve heard.

xxx

Nothing like the consistency of a tradition handed down from generation to generation.

Sounds like a dastardly case of Ancestral Imprinting!!!

Some things never change.

Lol, that’s funny!

How many pounds to the (obsolete) guinea these days based upon inflation?

Well it’s good to see the apples aren’t falling to far from the Capp family tree.

I wonder if there is any kind of damage that can be done to a cell which not criminal?