Artist: Sid Burgon
Type: Double Page
Printed in Issue: 27th July 1985

The Story

Tony and Penny are looking after Penny's Cousin's Baby and take him for a walk in the park. Tony starts reading nursery rhymes, when they meet Ivor and Milly, who is out walking Ivor's baby cousin. Ivor is disgusted that Tony is reading the nursery rhyme, and begins to show off.

They start with Mary had a little lamb, and real life characters appear acting out the nursery rhyme. The next rhyme is Little Miss Muffett. The spider in this case, however, is a man in a spider costume, and it's so big, Miss Muffett gets angry and pours her curds and whey over Ivor.

To show off more, Ivor agrees to perform Penny's Cousin's Baby's favourite nursery rhyme. Tony tells Ivor that his favourite is the Grand Old Duke of York. Refusing to back down on his promise he sends Jeeves off to deal with the matter and soon The Grand Old Duke of York arrives. And (much to Ivor's relief) so do the Ten Thousand Men.
Tony is impressed, saying "Whatever next," and the Grand Old Duke points out they all want paying next. Ivor hasn't got the money on him, and he and Milly head off being chased by ten thousand men, whilst Tony and Penny make up their own nursery rhymes!

Notes

Ivor's Cousin is called Cyril
Penny's Cousin's Baby isn't named through the strip.
Ivor and Milly aren't pushing the pram - the servants do that
As with many of these strips, Penny only says two things
Tony's made up nursery rhyme is "Humpty Milly Jumping a Wall, Humpty Milly heading for a fall"
Penny's made up nursery rhyme is "Hey Diddle Diddle, Ivor's on the fiddle"
Tony & Penny are left looking after Cyril when Ivor and Milly are chased.