Andy Capp by Reg Smythe for July 28, 2021

They say the human body is 60% water. In Andy’s body, it must be 60% ale.

Andy’s doctor must know he’s a heavy abuser of alcohol; he should have been more specific—not that it would have mattered

Dehydration is the reason our pet fish died.

You can’t disagree with Andy’s logic. After all, he invented it.

Andy wants to join the pistol club…drink beer until closing time And pistol dawn

I’ve had me taste of lager in a proper pub. They bring it out in these glass bottles and if he pours it quick in front of you there’s a wee bit of foam.

Ummmm….water maybe? : )

Andy won’t be drinking just yet….. those bottles must be empty if they float.

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That’s Andy’s secret to being ’ale and ’earty!

What? Beer has water in it? Andy isn’t falling for those bottle water ads.

Confirmation bias, Andrew?

Only liquid beer exists in Andy’s world!

Has the heat in Malta gotten to Affie? Or did he go to another funeral? I don’t know if the strip is funny or not today!

Andy went to the Doctor?

I have a digestion problem and absolutely can’t handle carbonated beverages any more. But, have found that Guinness Stout defizzed tastes great. I pop the top just enough to release pressure and let it set a day or two before going into the fridge.

What’s the joke? That’s how I stay hydrated.

During the London cholera epidemic to the 1800s it was found that workers at a brewery in the middle of the affected area did not get sick because they drank beer, which was healthier than the water from the Thames.

What else indeed…

Water? Juice? I’m personally not good with drinking water. I drank loads leading up to my supposedly blood donation yesterday. But it was all for nothing.

xxx

@Afficionado

Hey, Affie. I emailed you yesterday. Awaiting your response in your own good time.

Hang in there, pal.

You gotta admit – Andy is not too choosey what he drinks when it comes to Alcohol – if it’s FREE!

Andy thinks if it’s not alcoholic, it ain’t worth drinking! By the way, FREE AFFICIONADO!

“How about… um… water?”

“If I want more water, I’ll go to the canal!”

Perhaps Afficionado’s supports should contact GoComics by their Contact Us page and encourage them to reinstate him.

Andy fits this classic lyric perfectly:

" . . . a man hears what he wants to hear

And disregards the rest . . . "

— Paul Simon, The Boxer

That won’t quench your thirst, it will make it worse!

This is one of those cases where what the doctor said is not what Andy heard:

“Blah, blah, blah, Andy. Blah, blah, drink more.”

“Cheers, doc!”