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On another occasion, after he'd left school, my son got a part-time job working with greenkeepers at an Open Championship in St. Andrews. During a tea-break, one of them turned to a cap-wearing colleague and said that he "looked like Andy Capp". He then turned to my son and said "You probably don't know who I'm talking about". Now, I was writing Andy Capp at the time and his response was not "MY DAD WRITES ANDY CAPP!" It was "I've heard of it". I absolutely love that!

Wow! Me too! I laughed just as much when I heard my daughter say to her friend, "Yes, I have heard of dark energy and primordial black holes."

To be honest, Zesty, I have no problem with my family's lack of interest in my work. I find it quite amusing. At one stage, Beau Peep was dropped by The Star for about a year before reader reaction brought it back. On its return, the paper's front page splash read something like "Britain's funniest strip is back today!" My son, who was about 10 at the time, said "That's not true, is it?" I replied that it was indeed true---Beau Peep was back in The Star. "No" he responded "I meant the bit about it being Britain's funniest strip." On another occasion, after he'd left school, my son got a part-time job working with greenkeepers at an Open Championship in St. Andrews. During a tea-break, one of them turned to a cap-wearing colleague and said that he "looked like Andy Capp". He then turned to my son and said "You probably don't know who I'm talking about". Now, I was writing Andy Capp at the time and his response was not "MY DAD WRITES ANDY CAPP!" It was "I've heard of it". I absolutely love that!

I feel bad for your family, Roger. Never have they had the delight of trying to stifle laughter on a busy train while reading the story of the Nomad having been undone by a mac wearing, furiously biting scorpion...

I have never been to a pub quiz but think they look like such cozy nights out especially after watching the Detectorists.

My other son puts Youtube quizzes on the TV when he visits and we are supposed to shout out the answers - I think its his way of checking to see if his parents should be in "Shady Meadows" so there is pressure on us to try our best. 

With Roger's permission, I put book #1 online many years ago.

https://beaupeepbooknumber1.homestead.com