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Offline The Peepmaster

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Andy Capp Grammar
« on: December 28, 2009, 07:12:07 PM »
I bet you anguished about the grammar in the first frame of this strip, Roger.

I know it's correct, but it's not really the vernacular, is it?
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Re: Andy Capp Grammar
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2009, 08:22:20 PM »
I'm surprised that (1) Andy has more than one shirt. (2) Andy has ironed shirts - we only do that for weddings and funerals.
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Re: Andy Capp Grammar
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2009, 08:23:08 PM »
Yes, I did think about this. I spent about twenty minutes trying to decide if "is" or "are" sounded better in the context of the sentence. In the end, I thought **** it, bung something in. I try to take the intellectual approach.
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Re: Andy Capp Grammar
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2009, 04:25:21 PM »
I love Flo's expression in the first 2 frames of today's strip, Roger.
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Re: Andy Capp Grammar
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2009, 06:20:19 PM »
Yes, it works really well. I hate drawing Andy and Flo full-face in my scripts---it's really difficult!
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Re: Andy Capp Grammar
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2009, 06:26:10 PM »
When are you going to change your avatar back to normal, Roger? (Obviously not yet, as it's still December.) I hope you kept a copy of the original before you altered it.
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Re: Andy Capp Grammar
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2009, 06:55:39 PM »
Oh, £$%^!
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Re: Andy Capp Grammar
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2009, 07:02:53 PM »
It'll look a bit stupid come July if Roger hasn't changed it back. ..0

I'm sure it wasn't anything to do with you, Tarquin. Initially I did smell pilchardry at work, I have to admit.
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Re: Andy Capp Grammar
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2009, 12:56:01 AM »


I used a wonderful site (link) to find it. You can upload a picture, or link to one, and it will search the internet to find pictures that resemble it.

Apparently, Santa Custer with a wonky eye is still close enough to the original for it to pick up on.
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Re: Andy Capp Grammar
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2009, 09:46:17 AM »
IT'S NOT CUSTER!!!
Sorry, Jack, but I keep having to explain this. It's Charles de Rudio. He WAS at the Little Bighorn but had previously been a drummer boy with Garibaldi, tried to blow up Napoleon lll, was pardoned on the steps of the guillotine, escaped from Devil's Island and commanded an all-black unit in the American Civil War. A truly amazing man.
That's it.
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Re: Andy Capp Grammar
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2009, 11:17:31 AM »
And he looks a bit like Roger Kettle.
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Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: Andy Capp Grammar
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2009, 11:44:47 AM »
Quote from: Roger Kettle on December 31, 2009, 09:46:17 AM
drummer boy with Garibaldi

I've got all their albums.

Quote from: Roger Kettle on December 31, 2009, 09:46:17 AM
tried to blow up Napoleon lll

I've always wanted an inflatable Napoleon.

Quote from: Roger Kettle on December 31, 2009, 09:46:17 AM
commanded an all-black unit in the American Civil War.

What was he doing captaining The New Zealand rugby team?
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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: Andy Capp Grammar
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2009, 12:10:09 PM »
 ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Andy Capp Grammar
« Reply #13 on: December 31, 2009, 12:41:35 PM »
The grammar is wrong anyway. It should be "none of my shirts am ironed".
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Re: Andy Capp Grammar
« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2009, 03:07:17 PM »
Quote from: Mince on December 31, 2009, 12:41:35 PM
The grammar is wrong anyway. It should be "none of my shirts am ironed".

Oops, he slipped into Peter mode, without posting from that account.
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