Andy Capp by Reg Smythe for January 19, 2013

Nobody likes spoiler alerts.

Andy’s was just upholding the old Shakespearean era tradition of audience participation. It is not beyond the realm of imagination to see and hear Andy’s ancestor, standing in the pit at the Globe Theatre hollering that ( and worse ) !

It appears they do something together – attend marriage counselling …

I always knew you wanted to go to the Dark Side !

Think I saw that panto one year.

POGO by Walt Kelly-—————————————————————————————Supportin’ Non-Union LaborTo be continued…

Dr. Watson is in the theater.

On screen are a villain in black cape, and a pretty damsel in white dress. Along with a very old shabby grayhaired hunchback carrying a magnifying glass.

“Why it is Holmes”!, exclaims Watson.

“Shhhhhhh”!, say all the other patrons in the seats.

Did Caesar a lot of good, didn’t it?

LOL LOL… That is JUST like Andy.

This strip made me laugh and I mean REALLY laugh… But that doesn’t mean I’m going to put these strips before the classics.

Reg Smythe’s classics will always be Number One!

xxx

Gweedo Murray said, 4 days ago

First off ::: (((((( hugs back ))))))I’ll keep it short. Get well soon !And thanks !

You’re welcome and thank you for your short but sweet comment.

I’m a lot better now.

I hope you’ve been doing OK too.

@Linda Dean

I want you to know that I DID see your adorable ‘Hello Kitty’ image. It didn’t show on my screen the first time you posted it… But I right clicked and then went to ‘Open image in new tab’ and then I saw it.

It was extremely adorable and very funny.

Thank you! And I’m OK now by the way.

Today’s strip wasn’t terrible, but, it wasn’t all that good, either; so, seeing as Smythe was rarely known for mediocrity in HIS strips; I used my power to channel him once more, and, I believe, substantially improved this strip, again:

I could give French lessons… and maybe a little “tourist” Japanese, on the side

Welcome back #3… Now, if only we could find #6, all would be well

What a busy couple of days. Thursday had a bunch to do before the “Winter Storm” hit. Had a real cold rain that quit just about time the temp went below freezing. Yesterday, had doctor visits for our backs. Then, the grands, 11 and 13, put in to go to a movie. Jumped all over that one, got the Boss Lady and me out of the house. MIL was grumpy. Oh well. We had a grand time with the grands. Although, young teenage girl chatter can be a bit hard to keep up with,

Shiny Shillings on Saturday Hugs ((((((( CAPPERS ! )))))))

Probably a racing form he’s reading.

We’re going to have to stop meeting like this.

You’re replying to Gweedo Murray’s comment:

In English, we spell it latrine !Since you’re wont’n to be authentic and all that…Well, I spelled it properly…. something to do with my French heritage, I suppose

Oh, Goody !!“Where’s the restroom, where can I get a drink and how much for the Geisha ?”^^-Toire, benjo (or Toiretto) wa doko desuka kudasai?- Izakaya wa, doko desuka, kudasai?" Kakaku to Geisha wa nani ka? "(ok, I had to look the third one up)

I’m glad you found your tubing cutter. Where was it all that time?

And Thank you. I missed you and everybody else a lot.

May you have a wonderful day.

I wish I could find my missing tools…either the tool fairy took them and forgot to leave money, or my brother in law borrowed them when he installed the bathroom last year and “forget” to return them.

I always thought that Geishas were purely escorts and not ladies of pleasure. I learn something new every day..BTW, Gweedo, do you have a trade? You seem to have a lot of time to do things that need doing. OK – none of my business.

Although depression is “understood” within the medical profession, It isn’t grasped by the majority of people. I think my mother had depression, and I certainly do. I also have OCDs, and agorophobia to an extent..I don’t get the “highs” that “bi-polar” people get but I can make a joke, although It’s more often a wry observation that’s taken as a joke. My GP understands because he started out as a psychiatrist, but, yes talking can help; yet in spite of all the counselling I’ve had – nothing has helped. I’m not sure the medication does much either. This isn’t the place but I’m sure others will empathise. There’s a lot of us about and Society doesn’t help.

“(Sleeping) Oh, my love, my darling, my… (wakes up):Oh, it’s you, pet. My wife. Hmph.”

I just think…“Oh that’s funny” or “Groan” It’s purely a mental reaction.

Thank you Pet…have to share something…while in the waiting room for visitors in ICU today, someone had left a copy of Jenny McCarthy’s book “Belly Laughs”…its about being pregnant and the things that happen to us when being/becoming that way, which most of us women can appreciate and see the humor in, and as a guide for men experiencing our behaviour, its priceless! I was laughing so hard and so much that a nurse brought me some kleenex to wipe my eyes and cheeks with…its hilarious!…maybe it was just the juxtiposition with a really serious waiting room in ICU with a really funny book…but you are there with people who are waiting on other people that are on the edge of no longer being, with a book about those on the edge of being…it just struck my funny bone, and I have to tell you, even though I irritated a very few folks, eventually they all wanted to know what I was reading that was so funny, and so I read excerpts…and folks started laughing…so I read more when asked…and there wasnt a face without a smile on it when Ruths nurse came to tell me I could go back in…