Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for March 31, 2022

It’s The Waste Land. But either way, an appropriate topic for Milford.

The stuff on the right looks like it was written by Woodstock the bird.

Mr. Hand played today by Burl Ives. Silver and gold, silver and gold…

The Wasteland? Has the strip been renamed?

To the opinion survey question: “Who wants a pop quiz?” No student replied, “I do.”

But with a system like the US electoral college, where the candidate getting the most popular votes can still be declared the loser, the class is told to take out their pencils.

The Gorton’s fisherman will next discuss in great detail the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

This teacher’s right out of Central Casting: Glasses, beard, slightly out of place tie that’s too wide.

In P4, Scooter whispers an alert: “Watch out, Gregg! Don’t slip and stab yourself with your gel pen!”

Ok!

1. How many Pops does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

2. What is mom’s favorite flavor of Pop?

3. Is Coach Thorp really a Pop? We haven’t seen his kids in like, forever.

Isn’t this the same teacher that kicked the mayor to VM? Scooter better watch it with this guy. And MHS must have a poor pension plan if a guy this old is still teaching.

P-3: hint a) if it’s t.s. elliot, be sure to answer in all lower case.

hint b) we were taught to turn the paper on the desk, not contort our bodies to write.

And you all were worried that this story wouldn’t be good. Look at today’s excitement!

Apparently this is the same teacher that narc’d on the butter knife. But he’s started to wear glasses since that happened.

https://www.gocomics.com/gilthorp/2020/04/29

T.S. Eliot is current literature to this guy.

Vito from Goshen put out a morning teaser on the Big Board: over/under on the number of kids trying to peek at Einstein’s paper during the quiz?

Burl Ives needs to learn how to control his classroom. Kids eating breakfast, kids conducting trivia contests during class. Although he’s probably close to retiring and just doesn’t give a damn anymore. And speaking of giving a damn, you should give a damn that today’s Mopped Up Thorp is online.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Normally, early in the season, when we’re being introduced to the new “stars”, is when we usually get a shot of Kaz pretending to teach a class. Then he disappears for about 6 weeks. But he couldn’t bother to come in for that this time, so they had to reuse Beardo McBeardy.

Ggreggg should plant a butter knife on Scooter and get this over with!

Wait!!!! They really have classes? I must be reading the wrong strip.