Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for February 16, 2021

I thought he wasn’t really asking her out, “just texting her”.

P1: There’s a signpost up ahead. Your next stop? P2: The Friend Zone. P3: Community policing arrives in Milford.

P3 Milford Police profiling a white privileged resident!!!! Where is the outrage???? You won’t see this on CNNor MSNBC!!!!

That’s some hogleg the cop is sporting in P3. And what’s with his head? Looks like a, uh, well, never mind.

In all reality , we only saw half of the text. The part of the text we didn’t see said Call Corina ,she thinks you’re funny and kinda cute .PS don’t try any funny stuff with she’ll kick your butt !

Who voted ‘yes?’ Anyone? I didn’t think so.

Wrong answer, car dude. You should have said “I don’t know officer. I’ve never had it above 65!”

P1 Vic goes digital Carnac the Magnificent to guess Tessi’s answer

P2 Correct Sir!!!

P3 Its got a cop engine, 440 CI pre catalytic converter so it runs good on regular gas, cop bumpers, cop suspension

Fix the lighter

This plot line has more left turns than a NASCAR race. Like Rosie, I’m riveted.

P1- See no evil.

P2- Bold lettering and caps. Can’t means won’t.

P3- Good thing Barney has only one in the chamber and one in his shirt pocket. That 44 Magnum would blow his leg CLEAN off. I guess he feels lucky.

Better get used to that Vic

Lemme guess…CK is gonna hear about this and not be pleased with Tessi’s tactics, even though she basically did the same thing to those two nit-wit QBs last fall

Any excuse to get a giant hand drawing in P1. Lost opportunity to get a whole giant thumb in P2, And in P3 Why would that cop want to stand around in the snow with his head uncovered? The GTO is in the garage

P1, Everybody knows the answer but you, Vic.

P2, Sorry, Charlie, er, Vic.

P3, Why? You want to race?

Big-time gearhead Doug can’t soup up his muscle car to go any faster than the factory version. Just for that, the cop should slap the cuffs on him!

Vic, first winner of the “if-your-hand-is-bigger-than-your-face” joke!

Not sure, but I think Vic was texting Contessa to see if she was available this weekend to star in his home made movie “Teasing Tessi”…..

So Vic is a liar, unless asking if someone wants to go with them to the movies doesn’t count as asking them on a date. And what’s the deal with Officer Steve Harvey? He pulls him over a second time just to ask him about specs on the car he’s NOT driving? And that question was just so important?

And speaking of what’s important, I think you know that the most important part of your day is reading Mopped Up Thorp.

So never thought of this before, but if texting was a thing back when I was young, I probably would have had more of a dating life. Instead of spending 3 months building up the courage to ask a girl out (or actually never going through with it), I would have debated for a week or so before hitting the send button and then instantly sweated out the reply.

Just had a thought. Was it so important for the cop to find out how fast the GTO would go so that he’d know whether chasing him in the future was worth it?

Okay, 4 in a row, but NOW I’m done. How come Gordon over at Funky Winkerbean gets random cameo shots, and these guys can’t even put me in the Milford High hallway once in a while? It doesn’t even have to be a speaking role!

P 4: “…ok Barney…..I got stuff to do…isn’t there a donut shop around here for you to hang out at if you need to kill time?…”

“She was made for the straight aways! She grew up hating Chevrolets! She’s a Rocket, she was made to burn!” – Kathy Mattea

P3:“Jeez, here’s the Franklin, leave me alone before I tell Gil. Go get one of those speeding Baders.”

First time (thank goodness!) I’ve ever seen the “Hobo” font used for text messages. Not the most readable for running text.