Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for April 20, 2016

It would be more fun if the phone ringtone was WHOOP WHOOP.

How does that oven door work? It’s only half as wide as the opening.

So is the story line going to be that the kid keeps missing practice because he has to drive his dad to and from work?

Arrhhggg! I can’t believe I forgot to hit submit yesterday. Oh well.

In P1, Grand Master Bader replies, " Like Marty Moon on a Saturday night darlin’. Alright, where’s the music, where’s Joe, you are a stripper, right?

Momma Bader has a big batch of muffins ready. Now we know what all that butter was for yesterday.

I’m pretty sure the police won’t let you use your own phone for your one phone call, so the caller ID in P3 wouldn’t come up DAD.

The caller ID might show up as DAD if in fact Dad is a frequent flyer at the booking office of the Center City Jail.

P1: “Mr. Bader, have you been drinking?” “Why no, have you been farting?” Breet Breet. The HRRAAAKKK of 2016.

I wonder if Sony is hiring for their electronics? Since they appear to be hand writing the messages displayed on their phone screens, perhaps they’ll hire me.

Amazing she can read that license with her eyes closed. Grand daughter of Carnac.

Wow, today’s strip is like an old alliteration exercise from high school. Barry Bader baking biscuits badly banned breet breet banging by Bell basics.

Either that cop is huge or the license is tiny…

@irish53: that was her first clue, he handed her his business card not his license.@Gilfan:beautiful@ everyone: is it just me or are R&W doing an homage to spring and the song birds? Whoop, Whoop, Breet, Breet!P-2: Now we know where Bader got that glove everyone was commenting on.P-2: the oven door works like a railroad plug car. Slide it over, line it up and twist the mechanism to push it in tight. or was that what “she said”?

The road stripes in P1 are actually a morse code message to the aliens. Is that your work, Sign Man?

Why is that girl off the AT&T commercials impersonating a police officer? And evidently she works for Canadian Pacific Railway too.

P1 reply: No, I haven’t been drinking. What you smell are samples of my industrial solvents. You see I’m the sales rep for this area, so I spend a lot of time on the road. Believe me, anyone who drives as much as I do understands the important of staying sober when behind the wheel. It’s like I was just telling Joe the Bartender… Um, I mean Joe the Waiter, damn…

This storyline presents us with a Mr. and Master Bader. Though it is uncertain if the Bader clan has a family crest, they do have a theme song a janitor will appreciate.

Just noticed this on yesterday’s strip. Is the Bader family extremely short? Or did they buy an extra tall refrigerator for all that butter? That fridge is towering over the little Bader. Mom Bader is much shorter than it too. He must be well under 5’ tall, which means there are going to be a lot of low line drives going into the outfield.Mr. Bader is going to need a good lawyer. Maybe Master Bader can get a hold of Knox Foley, he’ll take the case. And speaking of cases, just in case you were wondering, today’s Mopped Up Thorp is online.

P1 – “Why no ossifer, I haven’t been drinking….I have been inhaling a shitload of this floor stripper here…Its our #1 seller, wanna huff??”

Ohhhhh just remembered something! With Freckle Faced Master Bader as the central character, we can all play Moving Melanomas!

and you all thought this strip was about Del’s drinking! Ha!! Wait until we find out the solvents are actually steroids in lineament form. Wait as we watch Master’s head grow to a size 11 and we find we can connect the dots on his face to reveal a Cartel HQ map. He’ll soon make Big Quiet John look like a scrawny kid who might get sand kicked in his face. Bader not miss the next installment of Gil Thorp, undercover Narc.

@JPuzzleWhiz: and he can take a base when the pitch hits the Bader. If he gets upset will he have irritable Bader syndrome?

@T-Car 1: maybe the CP on her collar stands for Cell Phone

In all reality , belated Barry " Don’ t Call Me Master " Moment , Mom can I go to Sarge’s Smoke Shop and get a magazine to read ?