Andy Capp by Reg Smythe for October 29, 2023

I’m with him.

kinda of a shady deal Flo

the question is, why would you waste your time (or how do you trust his taste in the first place)

Yes, but do you like them?

I think they look like an impediment to my naptime.

Andy nails it.

I can’t figure out why they remind the first guy of prison.

No argument, saves breath, if you say it’s curtains, fine. Is there beer in the fridge?

Send ’em back Flo.

Well she has to ask

Ernie doesn’t like the curtain because it reminds him of his prison time. Lot of prisons used to have arrows drawn on the floor. Inmates must walk by the direction of arrows only with hands in pockets. Failure to do so is an infraction and can get you tossed into the hole for 7 days or more.

plant your foot in his lazy arss, Flo.

A big thrill for Andy, but at least it cost any of his beer.

Just don’t ask Andy to hang’em.

Must be a pretty nice prison to have curtains.

Flo should just have the police hang the curtains in Andy’s favorite cell at the jail.

The question is, do the curtains match the blue blob hanging over the couch?

There was a long period during which “guests” at His Majesty’s prisons wore uniforms with arrows (the King’s Broad Arrow) on them to identify them as convicts. My understanding is the practice was discontinued in the 1920s, yet has lived on as a comedy meme since.

The arrow prison uniform is probably the British equivalent of the black and white striped prison uniform seen in American comedies.

If I had a very strong opinion I’d give it. Otherwise my usual thought was “it’s your cave”.

OK Andy, now take a bow…

“Broad Arrow” is the mark on a prisoner’s clothes.

Flo put the new curtains up Andy will not know the difference

They’ll do then.