Andy Capp

Andy's and Flo's best friends are their neighbours Chalkie and Rube White. Chalkie is a hard-drinking working-class type like Andy, who can often be seen sharing a pint with him at the corner pub, but Chalkie seems mellower than Andy, and more tolerant of his wife. Rube is Flo's confidante, and the two often trade gossip over the clothesline about their husbands' latest escapades. The local [[Vicar (Anglicanism)|vicar]] is also often seen. Andy despairs of his holier-than-thou attitude, as he is constantly criticising Andy for his many bad habits and vice-ridden lifestyle. He often lets his opinion be known to Flo, who agrees with his low assessment of Andy's character.

Andy's and Flo's best friends are their neighbours Chalkie and Rube White. Chalkie is a hard-drinking working-class type like Andy, who can often be seen sharing a pint with him at the corner pub, but Chalkie seems mellower than Andy, and more tolerant of his wife. Rube is Flo's confidante, and the two often trade gossip over the clothesline about their husbands' latest escapades. The local [[Vicar (Anglicanism)|vicar]] is also often seen. Andy despairs of his holier-than-thou attitude, as he is constantly criticising Andy for his many bad habits and vice-ridden lifestyle. He often lets his opinion be known to Flo, who agrees with his low assessment of Andy's character.

At times, Flo will forcibly remove Andy from the pub when she feels he has been there for far too long (even at times, missing his tea meal). When he comes home, especially in the earlier strips, Flo often confronted him about his doings, sometimes striking him with either her fist or anything she could grab, for example a rolling pin, cricket bat or something similar with the intent to clobber him. Flo tells her friend Rube that Andy was a victim of [[identity theft]] until those who stole it realized who Andy was and tried to give it back! Another time Flo has Andy try to stop some cheeky persons from being rude to her mother—before her mother beats them up! Her father is never seen: once when Flo tells a drunk Andy what her father thought of him-she then knocks Andy down with a single punch {Her father was a man of few words)However, Flo is not without her own vices. She (along with Rube) will go to bingo with the same frequency as Andy goes to the pub. Sometimes she wins at Bingo but, more often than not, she loses at Bingo.

At times, Flo will forcibly remove Andy from the pub when she feels he has been there for far too long (even at times, missing his tea meal). When he comes home, especially in the earlier strips, Flo often confronted him about his doings, sometimes striking him with either her fist or anything she could grab, for example a rolling pin, cricket bat or something similar with the intent to clobber him. Flo tells her friend Rube that Andy was a victim of [[identity theft]] until those who stole it realized who Andy was and tried to give it back! Another time Flo has Andy try to stop some cheeky persons from being rude to her mother—before her mother beats them up! Her father is never seen: once when Flo tells a drunk Andy what her father thought of him, she then knocks Andy down with a single punch, since her father was a man of few words.

Whenever this happened (also mainly in the earlier strips), the roles are then reversed, with Andy usually confronting Flo for being late from going to bingo and sometimes striking her with either his fist or chasing her out the door with a push broom or a chair with the intent to clobber her with said object.

However, Flo is not without her own vices. She (along with Rube) will go to bingo with the same frequency as Andy goes to the pub (and loses more often than not). Whenever this happened (mainly in the earlier strips), the roles are then reversed, with Andy usually confronting Flo for being late from going to bingo and sometimes striking her with either his fist or chasing her out the door with a push broom or a chair with the intent to clobber her with said object. She has also lost cleaning jobs due to her love of bingo.

She had also lost cleaning jobs due to her love of bingo.

Flo is also not a very good cook, regularly burning the meals with her lack of cooking skills. This often sends Andy into a rage and off to the nearest café for a meal.

Flo is also not a very good cook, regularly burning the meals with her lack of cooking skills. This often sends Andy into a rage and off to the nearest café for a meal.