Andy Capp by Reg Smythe for November 21, 2024

true – nor from the canal’s bottom

If he did, he would have run from thinking they were from the police.

Why did they let him go free?

There’s that pot ;-]

The only northern lights Andy saw were on the top of police cars.

Ya can’t see them OVER you. Refraction doesn’t work that way.

Not long ago we went out to the farm and were able to see the northern lights. My bro took some wild photos.

HANK WILLAMS SR. I saw the light[Verse 1]I wandered so aimless, life filled with sinI wouldn’t let my dear savior inThen Jesus came like a stranger in the nightPraise the Lord, I saw the light

[Chorus]I saw the light, I saw the lightNo more darkness, no more nightNow I’m so happy, no sorrow in sightPraise the Lord, I saw the light

[Verse 2]Just like a blind man, I wandered alongWorries and fears I claimed for my ownThen like the blind man that God gave back his sightPraise the Lord, I saw the light

[Chorus]I saw the light, I saw the lightNo more darkness, no more nightNow I’m so happy, no sorrow in sightPraise the Lord, I saw the light

[Verse 3]I was a fool to wander and a-strayStraight is the gate and narrow the wayNow I have traded the wrong for the rightPraise the Lord, I saw the light[Chorus]I saw the light, I saw the lightNo more darkness, no more nightNow I’m so happy, no sorrow in sightPraise the Lord, I saw the lightkeep up the good work Vicar. Jesus Christ(mas) Is coming.

The police station has a plaque engraved on Andy’s reserved cell

We knew it was going to be either a clink or canal punchline.

One rarely sees Andy so visibly hung over.

But he did see a bare lightbulb in a wire cage.

Has to be facing in the right direction, Andy.

Andy spends as much there as he does at home….

You should claim tenure there and demand a cell with a view.

Should have asked for a cell with a view.

That little window in his cell was facing south.

Or from the bottom of the canal.

I bet the only thing Andy saw was the glow from his nose. (Which might be mistaken for the Northern Lights.)