Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for March 06, 2017

C’mon, Gil, you gotta show more tact than what you did in panel two, right? ;)

In Kentucky, back in the day (and it probably still is), if a staff member knows of a student being in an unhealthy home situation, like abuse, etc, they HAVE to report it or face legal action.

Uh, ya kinda already did dude. Gil doesn’t have an option not to report.

Looks like Gil forgot to remove little Jamie’s drawings from the wall.

I taught in KY from 1979-1982. Now, I’m in Kazakhstan, so far east that it’s 11 AM when the new strip goes online. That’s why I am often one of the first to comment. Like most of you, I’ve been reading it for decades, for me, since 1966.

Attention, all you Terry Gallagher fans out there: McDonald’s has brought back the Shamrock Shake for a limited time.

I know oxycodone is an opioid (because I just googled it) but is this the sort of term high school basketball coaches normally bandy about, as opposed to say “drugs”.

I believe opioid’s were first discovered in Mayberry, North Carolina

In Kentucky the Gilster has never been reported for ditching his kidsalso is he this kids dad or uncle or grandfather or all three?

Sorry, A Quad, but as others have mentioned, you already ratted out your mom. You dirty rat! You’ve left Gil with no choice. The good news? At least you won’t be living in that run-down apartment anymore. Maybe you could move in with your buddy Mike for a while if you can deal with the ants. Or Molly, but then you’d be playing against Gil, so that won’t happen.

Whatever you do, do not, I repeat, do not move in with Gil. Just trust me on this one, okay?

In all reality, P 4 a well dressed blind man with a folding cane enters Gil’s office and loudly proclaims I Don’t KNOW WHAT KIND OF A RAT SHIP YOU’RE RUNNING HERE BUT I DO KNOW AARON IS NO RAT! I’VE BEEN AROUND , YOU KNOW .

What’s with this rat phase? First, T-car posts about GilPa having a rat tail this past weekend, then Aaron going 1930’s gangster. “I’m not ratting out my Mom, see?” “You keep giving me the business, Pockets and Knuckles are gonna give a one way ticket off the pier, see?” “You give me EES, thinking I’m gonna sing like a canary, see?”

Once again, forget his mom…get the kid on a steady diet before the play downs…let’s get our priorities straight!!!

Gil must really be worked up. Check out the hair on the back of his head in P1 – some of it is out of place!! Is this a first? And speaking of firsts, be the first on your block to read today’s Mopped Up Thorp.

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We should start a “games held hostage” count.

In P2, A-aron demonstrates the proper “W” technique goalkeepers use to catch soccer balls. Good to see what’s-her-name is still coaching.

P-1: Gill offers to help in a very strange three way

P-2: AQ does his favorite Supremes Hit: Stop! In the name of Mom

P-3: AQ finally gets Gill’s suggestion in P-1

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Since the word “Mom” is bolded in P3, suggesting emphasis, that makes me wonder if there are others he is willing to rat out? Gil and Kaz and their shower hijinks, perhaps?

Playdowns???? Playdowns!!!! NC HS state title games are this coming weekend.