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In all reality , P4, Look , Iāll call your bluff Tiki Ballard is not a friend of yours .You hustled his case like the ambulance chaser you are. See you in court counselor!
P1, This might be just a small-time government agency but they operate like the big boys.
P2, And Iām thinking the Flemingās already offered a solution and Tiki now has a legal Milford address so letās get back to Milford CC. Kaylie is waiting!
I foresee a winner take all, no DQ, come as you are cage match at the Milford Armory as Herc the Mauler leaves his VIP booth at Subwich, and takes on Hadley the Harasser. Hairy Hercules and Beau Dandy will manage these two, uh, contestants. Your referee is Bob Kazinski.
Establishing a precedent? I thought they had a precedent. As in, YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. And having only the kid move in with another family temporarily does not count!
His response should be, okay, letās treat him like an individual. He does not live in Milford. The bullies at his old school are gone. He wants to go to Milford because he wants to play football there. He is trying a new tactic to cheat the system. DENIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unless that mug was made by his 5 year old kid, that is the crappiest lettering job Iāve ever seen. Again, IāM RIGHT HERE, and my rates are very reasonable!
So School Board Woman is worried that hordes of nonresidents are just dying to go to Milford High? And that hundreds of Milford families are willing to have strange kids live with them to make it happen?
āHereās what Iām thinking, Mr. Ballard. Why donāt you stop thinking of your job as determining the best and fairest set of rules for your school district and then making sure everyone follows those rules regardless of their status, and instead realizing what it really is: a means to grease the skids for people with enough power and influence to make life unpleasant for you if you donāt let them do what they want? Donāt worry, you wonāt have to actually let anyone else bend the rules like this in the future, unless they also have a friend whoās a bored high-powered lawyer. Just do this one thing this one time and all your problems go away, probably!ā
Is that a fist pump of happiness in panel 3 or a fist of Iām going to smash your face? by his expression and the fist pump, it looks like heās happy to me. Iām confused. does someone have a handle on whatās going on here?
Well, now since Tiki and his dimwitted mom (must be where the sister gets it from) have brought a lawyer into this, maybe Ballard will sic the school districtās general counsel on HvB herself. She sure seems sure of herself, while she casually sips coffee out of a āGilā mug. Time to knock that smug look off her face and send her and washed-up NBA player back to wherever they came from, which would be Chicago, I guess.
P1 ā So the School Boardās mission statement must read something like, āavoid setting any precedentsā. So their purpose isā¦.?
P2 ā Iām disappointed. Hadley learned that Tiki pulled a fast one last year, and is pulling another this year. And sheās trying to force the School Board into accepting him anyway. There surely isnāt any good āmoral of the storyā coming out of this one.
P3 ā I cannot decide on this one. Is he furious, or elated? It could go either way.
And speaking of elated, you should be elated that todayās issue of Mopped Up Thorp is online: https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/
WestEndUP over 5 years ago
Mr Ballard is making quite a rude hand gesture.
Bucky over 5 years ago
P2 Is her coffee really that hot? Who has ever had a cup with a plume of steam coming our of it??
nuncanunca over 5 years ago
āLetās not do any of this out in the open, where fairness, actual justice, or law might get involved. That wouldnāt really help my case ā¦ "
Mr Reality over 5 years ago
In all reality , P4, Look , Iāll call your bluff Tiki Ballard is not a friend of yours .You hustled his case like the ambulance chaser you are. See you in court counselor!
Bluedarter over 5 years ago
You have to be a star to have your first name on your cup. Itās in Gilās contract that he has Mug Naming Rights.
The Pro from Dover over 5 years ago
He must really like her voice! Boing!
TheBrownStarfish over 5 years ago
P1, This might be just a small-time government agency but they operate like the big boys.
P2, And Iām thinking the Flemingās already offered a solution and Tiki now has a legal Milford address so letās get back to Milford CC. Kaylie is waiting!
P3, To the moon, Hadley!
bearwku82 over 5 years ago
I foresee a winner take all, no DQ, come as you are cage match at the Milford Armory as Herc the Mauler leaves his VIP booth at Subwich, and takes on Hadley the Harasser. Hairy Hercules and Beau Dandy will manage these two, uh, contestants. Your referee is Bob Kazinski.
Irish53 over 5 years ago
P 3.5: āwho is this?ā¦ā
Mopman over 5 years ago
Establishing a precedent? I thought they had a precedent. As in, YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. And having only the kid move in with another family temporarily does not count!
His response should be, okay, letās treat him like an individual. He does not live in Milford. The bullies at his old school are gone. He wants to go to Milford because he wants to play football there. He is trying a new tactic to cheat the system. DENIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sign Man over 5 years ago
Unless that mug was made by his 5 year old kid, that is the crappiest lettering job Iāve ever seen. Again, IāM RIGHT HERE, and my rates are very reasonable!
chiphilton over 5 years ago
So School Board Woman is worried that hordes of nonresidents are just dying to go to Milford High? And that hundreds of Milford families are willing to have strange kids live with them to make it happen?
David Rickard Premium Member over 5 years ago
From todayās Comics Curmudgeon:
āHereās what Iām thinking, Mr. Ballard. Why donāt you stop thinking of your job as determining the best and fairest set of rules for your school district and then making sure everyone follows those rules regardless of their status, and instead realizing what it really is: a means to grease the skids for people with enough power and influence to make life unpleasant for you if you donāt let them do what they want? Donāt worry, you wonāt have to actually let anyone else bend the rules like this in the future, unless they also have a friend whoās a bored high-powered lawyer. Just do this one thing this one time and all your problems go away, probably!ā
rebroxanna over 5 years ago
Is that a fist pump of happiness in panel 3 or a fist of Iām going to smash your face? by his expression and the fist pump, it looks like heās happy to me. Iām confused. does someone have a handle on whatās going on here?
Irish53 over 5 years ago
Well, now since Tiki and his dimwitted mom (must be where the sister gets it from) have brought a lawyer into this, maybe Ballard will sic the school districtās general counsel on HvB herself. She sure seems sure of herself, while she casually sips coffee out of a āGilā mug. Time to knock that smug look off her face and send her and washed-up NBA player back to wherever they came from, which would be Chicago, I guess.
Mopman over 5 years ago
P1 ā So the School Boardās mission statement must read something like, āavoid setting any precedentsā. So their purpose isā¦.?
P2 ā Iām disappointed. Hadley learned that Tiki pulled a fast one last year, and is pulling another this year. And sheās trying to force the School Board into accepting him anyway. There surely isnāt any good āmoral of the storyā coming out of this one.
P3 ā I cannot decide on this one. Is he furious, or elated? It could go either way.
And speaking of elated, you should be elated that todayās issue of Mopped Up Thorp is online: https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/