Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for June 05, 2020

P2 Spoiler alert…they round up some Milford equipment and the thugs from Valley Modified heist it. This has disaster written all over it!!! Also, I still haven’t figured out how you “modify” a Valley???

P3 Ain’t nobody sets foot on the sacred grounds of Milford without going through GilPa first!!!

The…mayor…has..spoken…must…accommodate..:

If Valley wins, Mike gets Gil’s job.

In all reality , Gil goes ballistic . No way in Hell am I going to let a bunch of juvenile delinquents play on my field. If I see the "Mayor " set foot on my field I’ll have him arrested . Now Git !

“You want to use the field for a ‘Stab ’Em and Jab ’Em’ Cage Event?” You know I get a cut (haha) of the tickets and you have to use GIL mugs for all beverages. Those were the rules when Herk held a few events. I’m still counting the money! Can you get that Phoebe to wear a bikini?"

P1, Hey Chris, I’m going to be valedictorian all by myself at Valley Modified. Booyah!

P2, And breakfast. Don’t forget the breakfast, Chris.

P3, A reunion with The Mayor, Coach.

Ok. We note the firm ‘strike one and out’ butter knife policy. But using Milford’s facilities for a high-liability event? Hmm. Perhaps an alternative view?

A Day in the Life of current MLB talks

P 4: “…no way, Jose’… we barely use it for baseball ourselves….”

You again? Get lost, you’re worse than a bad cold!

P3.5: (His Honor, the Mayor) “I want to give it to Phoebe. I heard girls like Diamonds.”

P 4: “…Yes!..”;…P 5: “..Yes? We can use the field?…”; P 6: “no….its Yes, …you can get tf outta’ my sight…NOW BOY!…GET OUT!…” (throws coffee mug past Schuring’s head against the wall)

For the next 2 days of strips, Chris explains to Gil this stupid plot line.

“You want to use our diamond for a WHAT?”

“A duel to the death. We’re making the pistols in machine shop right now.”

“NO WAY!”

“Okay, can we use it for a baseball game?”

“Well…for that, okay, I guess…”

“Jeepers, you’re swell, Coach!”

Back ‘in the day’ there used to be football game called the ‘Turkey Bowl’ that took place in out little home town. It was between the older (early 20’s then was old!) former players and good sandlot players from our town. It was the Black kids vs. the White kids! It was held on Thanksgiving morning on the old HS field where we’d all played. Nobody ever asked for or got permission to use the field either. And no one ever came and ran anyone off either! (side bar – this one crazy dude on the ‘white’ team used to dislocate his collar bone every year! but the idiot kept right on coming back!)

And for the record….. WE ALL GOT ALONG THEN AND STILL DO!

Why don’t they set up a baseball field on the golf course? It’s not being used this summer.

Uh, why is Chris Schuring even involved? I don’t recall his being on the team. This could have been a star turn for ’Watha!

I think the narrator is on our side! Sarcastically calling this latest part of the story, “good news?”. And speaking of good news, the latest Mopped Up Thorp is online!

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Obviously, I didn’t miss much of the storyline today. Maybe Bitsy has the right idea. The afternoon soap fans can watch 15 minutes a week to stay current. Mop. That guy who always commented and faded away was Wilbur Floppenheimer.