Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for May 31, 2019

Aw, no fair! Do we HAVE to?

Who would tell the coach their weekend plans? I can just see myself in high school saying, "Well, Coach, Tom and Bob and I are going to get a six-pack apiece and sit behind some bushes in the park drinking and smoking.

My favorite ANIMAL FARM character is Benjamin the Donkey.

OK, I remember reading this in 9th grade, I remember (spoiler alert) the piggy walks on two legs at the end and that’s about it. Can one of you more literary types please explain what this has to do with the elitist button girls? I can’t do symbolism.

Bitsy, it’s a very direct connection. The different animals begin thinking they they are better than other groups, like, “We’re ‘Too Cool For This Farm’” and each other. A successful team would never be like this as you’re only as strong as your weakest link. The last three years, I’ve been teaching literature. I prefer math but do like to read.

I would have thought Nineteen Eighty-Four was more reflective of Milford. If you’re in the boys team showers you know Big Brother is watching you

Everywhere there’s lots of piggies living piggy lives

Clutching forks and knives

To eat their bacon

P1, Hip-hip-hipporay!

P2, Why, do we have another scrimmage?

P3, Homework from the gym teacher! If that doesn’t earn Mimi a TC button, nothing will.

In all reality , who saw this reading assignment coming? OK , let the whining and excuses begin, will Mimi’s assignment have parents calling her, and finally who doesn’t read the book earning a Too Cool To Read Animal Farm button , inquiring minds want to know .

All Gil Thorp story arcs are equally dumb, but some Gil Thorp story arcs are more equally dumb than others.

Ah Orwell. An author writes a book about the greed and ignorance of humanity and everyone misses the point and thinks he’s attacking socialism.

Book ’em Mimi.

O.K.. Orwell’s Animal Farm reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917. As a very small child, my grandmother took me to see Doctor Zhivago. The movie depicts the same time period and is a time honored classic.

I think Mimi’s Amazons would get more out of a film session with a sixer of Hoo.

P2: “family stuff” and this dumb story goes full circle

P1 – Good to see the girls continue the Milford time honored tradition of continuing to pump their arms 10 minutes after a victory.

P2 – How rude! Mimi asks them a question and they turn their backs to her while answering her, but while looking at each other.

P3 – They should protest to the principal. The softball coach cannot assign English homework! Especially something they probably already read in class by now.

Maybe Nancy and Molly will take the book’s message as being that they need to overthrow the coaches and make it a player team. Then Molly will accuse Nancy as being a traitor to the too-cool cause and send her into exile, blaming her for all team problems, while ruling of over her sheeplike teammates and sporting Mimi’s coach wardrobe and hanging out at the bar with Marty Moon. Linda could be sold to New Thayer for some practice balls.

P1: The premiere of Fist Pump Girl!

In regards to kdizzle’s comment above (“I would have thought Nineteen Eighty-Four was more reflective of Milford. If you’re in the boys team showers you know Big Brother is watching you”), he is 100% correct. And MUT can prove it. Remember this one?

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/2015/01/13/714/

In the colorized edition of Gil Thorp, Mimi’s hair changes from blond to orange between P1 and P2. Not sure how she managed that. And apparently she bought two different editions of the book, since one has a tan cover and the other turquoise. Well, at least you can count on one thing – the always perfect, error-free Mopped Up Thorp.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Probably Mimi should have tried another classic from that period—Dr. Seuss, The Sneetches and Other Stories. At least the team would likely be able to read it (or at least look at the drawings).