Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for May 25, 2022

Reminds me of ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS, in which Thomas Mitchell tried to fake an eyesight test to keep his piloting job! (The movie’s best scene…)

“Hello, eye specialist doctor. It’s me, Gregg Hamm. My coach didn’t want to read whatever was on the letter you gave me, so I was wondering if you could come with me to my baseball practice to personally speak to my coach, because that’s a thing that eye specialists would ever do? He’s already angry at me for faking this long and I think it will somehow help if he learns I’ve been deceiving you as well. I will pay any fee you ask in order for you to meet my coach and unproductively talk about how terrible I am. Please and thank you.”

P3 “Let’s go talk behind his back, now that I am done violating HIPAA directly to his face.”

Faked his way through one, so what about all the others he failed? Is that a “fat cow” of a doctor?

He’s blind, and he not only figured out how to pitch successfully, but how to fake an eye test and fool an eye doctor?

I think they should give him some sort of special award – he’s amazing.

Soooo…you’re saying this little smart-*ssss punk has been getting over on every single adult in Milford, doc?

YIPEE!!! It’s hand gesture day at GT!

P1 The tension in Dr. Maisano’s right hand begins to build as she expresses her anger with Gregggg, fighting the urge to ball it up into a fist to let him have it between the eyes.

P2 In the meantime, the left hand wastes no time forming a fist, which Dr. Maisano feebly attempts to mask her rage by pumping it in a stroking motion as she describes how Gregggg cheated on the eye test.

P3 Finally, she flings her fist open in contempt toward Greggg in response to her being added to the long list of adults who have been duped, as Gregggg goes to the neck rub, wondering how much he can sue the doctor for her privacy breach, not only telling Gilpa details about his condition but also for failing to obtain parental consent to allow her to disclose.

“Let’s go behind his back, he’s an expert lipreader.”

P1- Gil squints his way through this boring revelation. He’d rather be driving a Titleist.

P2- First Frito Bandito mustache we’ve been graced with in awhile.

P3- That’s it Optometrist. Break the law and make the kid feel 2 feet tall. Thanks to the fictitious world of GT, remarkable the kid lasted this long.

Time to grow up Gregg. There’s a lot more to life than pitching.

this story arc is going to be dragged out for at least a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, where did the story of greggs fathers phobia of getting his picture taken disappear to?

“Let’s go talk behind his back.” Not one to mince words, are we, Doc?

The eye specialist is visiting Gil, unless she keeps a bunch of baseball bats around her office.

Well coach, if you aren’t going to let me play, I might as well quit and go join the chess club…

P 1.5: “…this clown has been wasting my time for months and now I’m in this strip for a couple of days…”

I see the problem. Since we’re paying a visit to her, it means her office is outside, under a tree.

Perhaps an eruption of EES could benefit Gregg.

Oh, now this makes sense. Greggg cheats at eye tests rather than get corrected vision! Time for another contest. Motivation Wednesday!! Everybody submit a reason a High School kid doesn’t want glasses that work.

Yeah, this is believable. Have the kid set up some Little Libraries around town and let’s get over to MCC to see how lame this summer’s story can be. A sandbagging former college all-star? Nah, we did that already. Kyli e abandoned on the driving range? That one never gets old. Maybe an extra terrestrial being with unfathomable golf skilss. Yeah, that’s the ticket!

When did Greg move to her left side??

Tomorrow does the eye doctor give Gil the inside scoop, or do we jump ahead to where Gil is giving Dr. Pearl an update?

“It turns out he just needs new glasses. He has been wearing frames with clear lenses.”

“Let’s go talk behind his back. Maybe over by that bush where his father is hiding.”

I can’t wait to hear what she has to say tomorrow. If she in any way is clearing him to play, she’s getting the flamethrower. And speaking of clearing, I’ve finally cleared my todo list and posted today’s edition of Mopped Up Thorp.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/