Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for March 10, 2023

His shoe….Atazhoon-tite!

Time for a sneaker deal!

Sneakers are made to be consumables. Built in obsolescence. They are not made to be repaired. A cobbler could do little, if anything, to repair one. In fact, when was the last time anybody saw a shoe repair shop? Time was people went to a cobbler to get new heels and soles on their shoes. Now we just throw them out and buy new ones. Surprised Gil has/knows a cobbler.

P 4 (Leo): “… what kind? Peach?… or blueberry?…”

P1 The last pair of Big Baller brand shoes goes the way of the dinosaur. Atazhoon-heit!

P2 Marty Moon powers of observation have greatly improved since he has sobered up. In the meantime, Gregggg Hammmm as wandered to the bench area, dressed in uniform ready to pitch, unaware he is at a basketball game. “Put me in coach, I’m ready to play!” I hope Mopman doesn’t catch him walking on the gym floor in his baseball spikes, there will be helll to pay, let me tell you.

P3 HB snarks Gil’s age through Leo’s (Atazhoon-heit!) retort to Gil’s comment. Well played once again.

P2 Fistpump Man is back! Or maybe son ‘o Fistpump Man is in the house. Is it just me, or has Fist been mighty scarce since that unfortunate “run-in” with Sign Man in Milford After Dark a couple of weeks ago?

There’s a shoe store in Chicago. Ask for Double O Shoe.

Does anyone else have a problem with Gil letting this kid play on sneaker that are literally falling apart? It’s an injury waiting to happen.

(Here’s an idea, Coach: take up an anonymous collection from the faculty AND BUY THE KID A NEW PAIR OF SHOES!)

“I can connect you with my caviar guy. I can connect to my Ferrari dealer. Ican connect you to my bookie. Oh, Don Vito said he’d buy you twenty pair of shoes?”

P3: Barbara’s reviewing the receipt for that purchase of Corcoran High. Not a wise investment there.

Big win by the Mudlarks on this long road trip to Syracuse, knocking off Corcoran High, home of the Cougars. I assume that’s one of them there in the stands, looking up pictures of the Milford players on her phone to see which one she wants to target. And speaking of targets, you want to target today’s Mopped Up Thorp.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

I heard that the vapes are selling at a good margin, why not use some of it and by some new trainers…

I’m not sure what Gil is talking about but any decent coach would find a way to get this kid some new shoes.

So those were his playing shoes yesterday

Maybe instead of a game ball, Gil should give him a game shoe.

As Shakespeare said in Julius Caesar " Why no sir, cobble you !"

Whys a guy there wearing a baseball uniform ?

P 3, in all reality (Leo): “…uh, ok coach……um, what’s a ‘cobbler’?…”

Gil is so old, that he still thinks that there is a cobbler shop on every street corner.

Wasn’t there a Duke star basketball player who couple years ago had a shoe malfunction?

This just in

They are still at Nick’s Diner over in Glenwood. They have changed from Truck Tyler’s “I want to marry you, Wanda, even if sometimes we have to have a fling behind the diner counter until Wedding Day” spiel to a retired diner owner herself who’s encouraging Wanda to run off with Prince Charming and let some real estate developer buy the place and turn it into luxury condos. At least we got out of the cafeteria where Granny Clampett was serving chicken gizzards served in Dijon mustard. We’ll have more as either story develops if either ever do.