Andy Capp by Reg Smythe for February 18, 2014

Is that German or Dutch in the final panel? (Well, at least Andy didn’t manage to call a TV repair man; Andy wouldn’t want to waste his beer money on the bill.)

The German says, “God evening. How are you today?”

Sorry about that, it’s Good evening, not God evening!

Since when does Andy get up off the couch to do anything, especially “fiddle” with the tv? Greg would have had flo try to fix it and Andy yell at her for making him miss the second race. 2/10

The language is German, though with a typo. The meaning is “Good evening. How are you tonight?”

It’s German: Good evening. How are you today?

Sie sind willkommen!

should be “guten abend…” not “güten abend…”

There is no umlaut in “guten”. That’s the two dots above the U.

Sehr gut, danke!

Actually, “How are you today” is Wie geht’s dir/Sie/du/euch etc. “Wie geht es heute” is more like “How’s it going today” or “How is your day”. Vielen Dank for trying.

In the old analog TV transmission days a british PAL set would not be compatible with european broadcasts. Now with digital TV he would more likely be fiddling with the antenna.

What kind of gas comes from a well?

“That’s the problem with living in England, you’re too close to Europe.”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~By golly, you’re right! I never realized that. Even when I lived in England and visited Italy, France and Switzerland, I was not aware of how close I was to Europe!

. I don’t think Andy Capp is a family strip. A hardcore alcoholic layabout that mistreats his wife, is not for the family, but we like him that way, especially when Smythe was running the strip.^^Smythe’s Andy was much more “3 dimensional” in personality, which is why you could like him, despite his bad side; now, Andy is just a drunk who has no good side

“Aye,The closest Andy will ever get to understanding German is: Oktoberfest.”

Maybe throw “Heineken” in there?

I know they can’t all be gems, but today’s episode isn’t even gravel!

While living in Wales we had SKY and I was able to tune into several naughty German channels

Even TV in German is better than none at all, as Andy gets cranky without his tube…

“What is the benefit to living in England as opposed to here, if I may ask ? ".We spell things correctly here. (chuckle)

Unfortunately, euthanasia is the subject of European law. They are now debating as to whether it’s OK to euthanase children (with consent of both parents)..Also it’s now been decided that a life sentence should mean a life sentence (like it used to be).

Missed it by this much. – Agent 86

The British Isles ARE part of Europe!!! Even ICELAND is considered a part of Europe!!

Re: other peoples versions…..I heard Gloria Jones’ version of “Tainted Love” before Soft Cell’s but I do prefer Soft Cell’s version.

But having said that…. I rate Velvet Underground’s, Japan’s and Nico’s versions of “All Tomorrows Parties” equally.

I wanted to edit that, sorry they don’t say “du” in the strip, oops. :P

Hello everybody, greetings from Germany! Good to know Andy likes watching German TV – smile!Hallo zusammen, ich schicke Euch Grüße aus Deutschland! Schön zu wissen, dass Andy das deutsche Fernsehprogramm sehen mag – schmunzel!