Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for October 28, 2022

Idiots. Poor girl is horrified, even though it is a drill.

Home school for Keri. Brush up on your French, Gil. And looks like psychology is on the curriculum also.

Thank you! It’s the same story line six days in a row!! About darn time. Now let’s stick with it.

BAM! THUD! POW! Holy Toledo Batman. So, readers, drill or no?

In all reality , the classroom loudspeakers blare Drill Over , Football Game Tonight 7Pm, get your bets down early Milford is a 7 point favorite , wear your Halloween costumes to school on Monday , no scary ones please !

Dad, get me out of this!

Send lawyers, guns and money, the sh*t has hit the fan.

Orville Redenbacher, bad*ss: https://youtu.be/Wjzg_tVXLFQ

P2 Their work done, the ants march off to the cafeteria for a post-drill snack.

No wonder Keri is crying, she is hearing voices coming from the floor.

Dude picked the wrong classroom, thankfully, to assault. Orville Redenbacher drives shooter’s humiliation home by adding a few floor tile face plants for emphasis. Mopman! Cleanup in Classroom 39!

Kinda ironic the Milford SWAT team is wearing the German helmet don’t you think?

P3- Alan Autry’s grandson looks on as he sees a traumatized Keri In the Heat of the Night.

Tom Selleck communicates directly with Dr Pearl, extolling the merits of reverse mortgages once the drill is over.

P2: “I know NOTHING!”

Got enough rings there Keri?

P-1: Melted Butter, On; Melted Butter, Off!

P-2: Mnch, ungh, Oh, already? Okey Dokey!

P-3: Keri pays a heavy price: three busted nails.

Threat neutralized. By a teacher. Drill over. Good work everybody!

Dr. Pearl to busy talking to the school lawyers about the soon to be filed lawsuits.

Too Far

For awhile, I was irritated by the direction of the strip, than I was ready to give it up after close to 40 years of reading Gil, now I cannot turn away from the car crash that it has become.

So the heavily armed and trained SWAT team runs around the school while an unarmed, 70 year old teacher takes the guy out? Really?

Hey Kool-Aid! Drill over! Nice job, everybody. Young lady, why are you crying? The stress, anxiety and depression from the mass hysteria the wise and knowing adults have imposed on you won’t go away anytime soon, not to mention the nightmares you will have from now on. Whenever you hear a loud, random pop or bang, that tingle of terror and dread filled reaction you will be having is called PTSD. Can you say that? On the bright side you’re ready to deal with the one in 10 million probability when it arises. Have an icy cold, sweet fruity drink of Kool-Aid. Don’t forget to thank the grownups for sharing their wisdom and judgement with you today. Oh yeah.

The rest of this week the regular MUT feature is on hiatus. Tune in for episode 7 of Sign Man and Fistpump Man: https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Thanks Henry, now you’ve shut down MUT. Maybe you can liven things up with a hijacked plane crashing into a skyscraper.

They say Keri’s hands grew 2 sizes that day

The kids all go home and watch the Halloween marathon to unwind.