Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for May 04, 2019

… because the guidance counselor was waiting in the hall with the mid-terms, and you’re all flunking out?

They’ll be signing autographs next. High school softball is massively popular.

I would guess there’s been one Gil sighting in three weeks.

P1, Even the ants are excited about the team.

P2, And I’m getting high with kids I barely know.

P3, So now they’ll all skip school and get suspended and Mimi’s dream of joining Gil as a State Champion coach is thwarted. Next, Milford CC.

Oh no, are the kids going to solve Linda’s problem themselves, without Mimi? If it were Gil, he would at least intervene with the suicide hotline number. Also, what is the deal with “Carla North?” She has batted twice now and we still have no idea what her more-important-than-softball hobby might be. A social media influencer trying to get into Stanford on the sailing team? Or maybe something more appropriate to the era in which this takes place, like ham radio enthusiast?

P2- Molly Hatcher has cornered the Milford High market on bracelets. Students can buy Hoo in bottles or cans on campus. Most importantly, Happy Derby Day GilPa fans!

Hubris levels reading off the scale, Captain…

I’m quitting to go semi-pro!

P1 – Is he talking about the last softball game or their last date?

P2 – Uh oh, the way she’s dreamingly gazing at her…

P3 – Proposing they drop out of school and elope?

And speaking of dropping out, why don’t you drop out of the comments and head over to Mopped Up Thorp for another change of dialog for today:

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

I think the kid she doesn’t recognize must be either Jay Bhatia or Shimura, the only two boys with glasses I can think of. Ever.

Too cool for school but not too cool for the unemployment line in the near future

In all reality, no has noticed that the boys baseball team has quit school chanting Too Cool for School .