Towards the end of a speech yesterday, the irrepressible Sir Ray Tindle told of a classic Andy Capp cartoon in the Daily Mirror.
It was, said Tindle, "the finest cartoon of my 65 years." (Since he is 86, I guess he was referring to his newspaper career). Anyway, it goes like this:
Andy goes into a pub and says to the barmaid: "A pie and a pint and a few kind words."
After giving him the pie and the pint, Andy asks: "What about the few kind words?"
And the barmaid replies: "Don't eat the pie!"
