Andy Capp by Reg Smythe for June 03, 2021

Let’s see you trying cooking for a change, Andy!

Ah, so this is why Andy likes to go out to eat all the time. Flo can’t cook.

Poor Flo, at least she tries Andy.

It wasn’t until I came to France that I discovered that fruit salad doesn’t have to come out of a tin… Even truck-stops only serve FRESH fruit salads…

Hartlepool was on the news last night. But there was no sign of Andy in the canal, or being thrown out of a pub and no sign of his statue. Additionally the were no clouds of smoke roiling in the sky from Flo’s cooking. All a bit disappointing really

Takes talent to burn a fruit salad.

I’m surprised she didn’t burn the salad…..

You two sometimes seem to balance out a bit.

No kebabs left over from yesterday? :-0

They might want to invest in a timer.

Well, then, off to the pub to grab a bite… and a pint!

Use a lower flame and take a bit more time. Works for most dishes.

I love fruit salad. And yet I hate ordinary salad with tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, beetroot etc you name it.

xxx

@Afficionado

Have you had or are you planning to have a movie marathon, Affie?

By the way, I don’t believe I’ve introduced you to my new avatar. My avatar is simply me pretending to walk. I was trying to impersonate the Abbey Road album cover but I would need 3 more people and a road. Preferably the actual Abbey Road. That would be a dream!

I’m glad you and Connie have cooled down now. We have a saying here “Don’t cry over spilt milk” In your case it would be a burnt out LCD light.

Stay safe, stay well and stay happy, pal.

@Number Three Welcome to our club , you won’t regret it

I also love being married.

I’m surprised she didn’t burn the fruit salad.

The way Andy immediately sees through the make-do is parallel to an All In the Family episode in which Archie has been laid off, or downsized, and the budget is tight. Edith puts a brave face on it and serves spaghetti with “mahra-narra soo-ahss,” prompting grumpy guilty Archie’s “Yeah, I know what that means—no meat.”

To be authentically British, shouldn’t Flo’s answer be “I might have done.”?