Andy Capp by Reg Smythe for January 15, 2024

Professor … just .. what … how ………. what are you doing here? Your wife is mad at you or something?

“Well Chalkie, as long as he is buying, he can profess whatever he likes” (Andy)

If that professor is interested in hearing long, epic tales, he certainly came to the right place.

Betcha there’s a customer in that pub named “Hector”. Or a Hilton named “Paris”. Or even someone named “Troy”!!

Love it!

Professor, I think you should go to the museum instead.

On a professors salary, can’t be good for too many touches from the professional moocher.

Purple suit, Bow Tie, drinking Wine in a pub. I don’t trust that guy.

The Prof. looks positively ill, lad.

Today’s strip reminds me that there was at least one commentator who used to call Guitar Bob “Sideshow Bob”.

Now, Prof: Buy Andy a double Iliad with an ale chaser!!

Pesky Iliads are Deep in the Bowels. If they don’t move, you don’t move. If they run – you run.

Nobody ever accused Chalkie of being the brightest bulb in the chandelier.

Good one!

Its the one where Homer drools over donuts and hits himself in the forehead and said “D’Op!”.

Andy just smiles…

Wow. Andy get’s the humor of Chalkie’s remark. Brilliant.

What? Andy is smirking because he knows something about ancient Greek history? Really? Nah — it’s probably because he’s seen the Simpson episode about the Iliad.

Chalky missed that one WWW.youtube.COM/watch?v=6BDz30zR5bk

Wasn’t that the episode that came on right after the “Odyssey” episode?

That would be an episode of “Family Guy”…

Bumper sticker on a Honda Odyssey: My other car is an Iliad

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Cappers! By the way, there actually was a Simpson’s episode that spoofed the Odyssey, which Homer also wrote.

A true meeting of the minds.

PROF (thinking): That’s the 11th time I’ve heard that line this week!

Leave it to Charlie to bring up a cartoon show to the professor

My favourite heroine in Greek myth is in Homer’s Odyssey. If you know anything about my screen name on this site you should have no trouble at all.

Clearly Andy understands the reference, even if Chalkie doesn’t. Love his smile.BTW, anyone know where “Chalkie” comes from? Is it a nickname (from pool cues, maybe?) Or short for a longer name?