Andy Capp by Reg Smythe for September 30, 2023

The devil is in the details

touché, vicar – you can’t argue with that, can you?

Oh Vicar, what good do you suppose that does, exactly?

I do not drink…Wine, said the count.

In the Army I got drunk on wine once, thought I’d die!

Doncha w(h)ine! Just be(er)lieve it or not…

John 2:1-11 – Jesus makes wine to keep the party going – and not just plonk; real connoisseur stuff (v. 10). Context is important, esp. when you’re beating someone over the head with a Bible.

ya. why the snub on beer by these guys? Fermented grape jucie is too easy. Beer takes much more talent to make.

Hmmm, . . . On second thought maybe I will switch over to wine

It wasn’t wine, so it doesn’t count.

I practically live on white zinfadel, and—as far as I know—I haven’t been debauched.

I don’t think he was finished yet Andy.

Gotcha there, Vicar! Besides, it doesn’t advise against drinking, just getting drunk. And in Deuteronomy 14: 24-26, if the Hebrews were required to go a great distance to where they were to worship, they were instructed to exchange their tithe for money, go there and buy whatever they liked: meat, wine or strong drink- and have a party! Sorry Baptists, it’s there in the text.

Andy should thank the Lord for loopholes!

♬ Could’ve been the whiskey

Might have been the gin

Could have been the three or four six packs, I don’t know

But look at the mess I’m in ♪♩

—Tom Paxton, Wasn’t That a Party, 1973

One can have all the debauchery they want without wine or beer. As a matter of fact, debauchery is better without that stuff. So, debauch awaaaaaaayyyy.

The bible also has this to say.

“What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” Corinthians 15:32:

“And behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” Isaiah 22:33:

One of Andy’s good qualities is that he isn’t a whiner.

A good man, with a good taste for beer!

Clever drawing there; the Vicar looks over-the-top pious.

thats not what ephesians 5:18 says

Whomever says debauchery is bad has never been properly debauched. it is without a doubt one of the better uses of a Saturday night.

Andy just side swiped the Pastor……

I think Andy would drink wine if there was nothing ales available.

Looks like they’ll have to edit the “good book” again … an “update”, ya know?

Paul was a prude!

The good book? “The Godfather” is the most quotable.

I don’t think you have to worry about debauchery either in Andy’s cast, he’s usually in no condition.

I’ve always practiced bauchery.

Andy remembers Bottle of wine by The Fireballs and substitutes a slight modification. Bottle of wine Fruit of the vine (“Bottle of beer, drink of good cheer”) When you gonna let me get sober? Leave me alone Let me go home Let me go home and start over.Ramblin’ around this dirty old town and singin’ for nickels and dimes. Times gettin’ rough, I ain’t got enough to buy me a bottle of (beer) wine.(Chorus)A pain in my head. There’s bugs in my bed. My pants are so old that they shine (wet that people sneer). Out on the street, I tell the people I meet to buy me a bottle of wine (Beer).

Andy’s not a man by any definition other than having a chalawacker. He’s a lazy mooch.

Yo Vicar, try Matthew 7 :: NIV. "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

I skip the wine, I go directly to the Debauchery, 23 yr. neat. drop o’ spring water, Ephesians is a brewery over the other side of the ship canal…never been there…

Beer is near

Wine is fine

But Liquer is quicker…

Didn’t Jesus turn water into wine? Bet he was really popular at parties.

It doesn’t say you can drink, it says not to drink excess as to be drunk

Debouche me, please!

Avoid strong Drink, my son. It can make you do foolish things. Like shoot at tax collectors…and MISS!

The Vicar should know Eph 5: by heart. Vice of sin and fruits of spirit chapter.

Beer never gets mentioned in the Bible. More an Egyptian thing.