Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for December 30, 2021

Is it All Saints or All Stinks?

Jersey changed colors (12/28/2021)?

12/30 – NOWWW Gil calls the Christmas day timeout

P2.5 “Speaking of fifths, who the h*ll moved my sippy cup?”

“I gotta go to the bathroom.”

P3: Just in time for the New Year greeting.

I see we’re playing 1980’s Detroit Piston defense.

P-1: All Saints try the old hidden ball…(player) trick. While some bald kid in a Lime Green top peaks in.

P2: Claxton is called for fouling…Claxton? and Marty thinks it should be excused? I know! We’re all dreaming!!!

P-3: Gil panics when hid Loofa hand goes numb. “I can’t feel my hand, I can’t feel my hand!”

“We’re gonna run that picket fence thing. Who wants to be Jimmy? Just win baby!”

Not that continuity is relevant in this strip but after Ward Korczyk’s layup yesterday the Larks would be down 55-54. After the Saints make one free throw, they now lead 56-54. Does Gil go for the win with a three pointer or does he play it safe and try to get into OT? If I was a betting man (which I am not, despite what a certain Italian-American from Goshen says) I’d place a C-note on one of the Milford players with too many consonants in their last name to swish one from downtown to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat thereby beginning their eternal quest for second in the Valley.

Tevin shaved his head after the 4th foul to confuse the ref. Figured he would change jerseys and start over with zero

Aww come on!!

P3- Brylcreem. Check. Grecian Formula. Check check. Selsun Blue. Aqua Velva. Roi Tan Perfecto Cigars. GilPa would be a great pitchman for these products and more if he would stop showing up for games.

In all reality Marty screams Some damn student from Milford just jumped up on the scores table and announced This Game Is Fixed and gets Milford tee’d up !

P1 – Wow, that All Saints center must be 7’ 260lbs! We’ll be seeing him in the NBA in a few years.

P2 – And another glorious shot from Milford’s exclusive NostrilCam™.

P3 – This is the most engaged I’ve ever seen Gil. Maybe a little too intense, it looks like he buried the top inch or so of his fingers into his palm. Hopefully trainer Jean-Luc is nearby with a lot of gauze and bandages.

And speaking of engaged, I’m hoping you’re fully engaged with reading Mopped Up Thorp – https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Okay, Milford down 2. A 3-pointer wins the game (very possible), a 2-pointer sends it to overtime (not gonna happen, that would stretch this game out another week). A miss dooms Milford to a bad start to the season (also very possible).

The best would be for Tevin to choke on a layup, but unfortunately he fouled out. I’m going with Dallas George nailing the three at the buzzer.

Oh, also, isn’t that Big Ken Brown trying to see around the screen in P1? How many years of eligibility does he have?

Who is that supposed to be anyway? It is a Mudlark, but they don’t have any bald players. None that we’ve seen so far.

Does anyone remember before the Shot Time Clock, there was a college team that invented the “Stall” offense so that a hot shooting team had limited attempts (circa ‘58-’60).