Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for May 14, 2019

C’mon, Linda, nobody has enough talent to play two sports at the college level.

The Mimi character, unfortunately, is correct. Nowadays, to get a scholarship, you need to be going to college summer camps from middle school onwards. An athlete can always walk on, which is what I did back in 1973 and later, got offered a scholarship. I keep trying to get the kids that I coach now a scholarship. I’ve got a soph volleyball player who’s the best I’ve ever coached but overseas, she’s had to go to camps already after ninth grade. Hopefully, she’ll get noticed.

P1, The ants are pissed, “How come we’re not TCFS?”

P2, Looks like Linda and Mimi still aren’t cool enough.

P3, If Linda is the chosen one wouldn’t that automatically make he TCFS?

P1 I would have loved to put that TC button on her!!!

By the way is “Irish 53” really Pete Buttigieg in disguise.

In all reality , soon everyone in Milford is wearing a button expressing their views , FT = Fire Thorp, ISF = I Love Shiny Floors, IDTT = I’ll Drink To That, the ever popular YS = You Suck and of course FU = **** You

Mimi crushes another girl’s dream.

P3- That row of file cabinets is filled with files of former student athletes Gil and Mimi shared the fate of starting too late.

Volleyball? Boring. I’ve just seen a preview of the next story. A former star quarterback has been abducting people and torturing them until they give him money, which he then sends back to his alma mater. It’s entitled, “Tru Cruel for School.”

This series run out ran its course after the second cartoon.

They even put a button on the mannequin in P1

They specifically said TC doesn’t stand for “too cool for school” at the start. Except, it does.

Gil wears his button on his forehead. SC . Says it all. I’m wearing my Dizzy Dean button ( from the same catalog you get GIL mugs) while wondering if the baseball team is cool enough to play another game.

Anyone who is lame enough to be proud of wearing a button that says you are “too cool” is definitely not. The jocks would be overflowing the toilets with swirlies.

What’s an Australian team got to do with it? She got a scholarship to play against one team?

When former Chicago Bears DL Steve McMichael was a student at U of Texas, some windbag politician visited the football team’s weight-room and training facility. He offered up to McMichael one of his campaign buttons. Steve said “sure…I’ll wear it” and proceeded to pin it directly into his bare chest. That’s what TCFS really means….not giving one to any schmoe that collects stuffed hippos, etc.

With those brightly covered badges it is going to be like fish in barrel when Linda, Milo, and maybe Robby run amok.

P1- Veteran (and dead) character actor Ron Palillo makes an appearance, talking to a guy who’s name has to be Darryl, Bruce or Randy…Welcome Back, Ron!

P2: “…a softball scholarship? …here….wear this button….it sez FUBAR…”

Just give Linda her TC badge for being chosen to play Australia in volleyball and end this!

R&W must be fans of Perry Como. “Mornin, Noon, and Night I find, Linda’s always on my mind.”

Today’s Theme Song: and it’s too late baby, it’s too late, though we really did try to make it

P-4: a softball scholarship? When did you become an all star, All City, All State, High School All American? You play for Milford when you feel like showing up. I bet the College Coaches are beating down your door with offers, some of them have to do with sports.