Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for October 13, 2023

Gil is using Rudy Giuliani’s hair dye.

Nice story Jami. Uh, what were you saying?

How can Gil drive with the steering wheel at his chest?

Wow! The Thorp family truckster color matches Gil’s Milford red polo shirts. Impressive.

Opens mouth, vomits. Gil says; “I see.” Pulls out cricket bat; “What’s his name?”

Nope, not all right.

Talk to me or I’ll punch your jaw

You do know what happens to high school girls who get in a family way, in small towns like Milford, don’t you? They go “visit relatives” for several months. You remember our relatives in SE Asia, don’t you, Keri?

Talk to me. Does this face tattoo make me look cool? I did it myself.

Suffice to say, Keri has had a rougher week than Marty, topped off by a small case of EES. Is Paul Anka playing on WMFD? Gil’s favorite radio station.

Gil (hands Keri a slip of paper with a phone number on it): “… call my friend Mel… she can help you…”

Kudos to Gil for at least attempting to parent, unlike E(Mimi)ly, who’s busy clam digging with Ericka in Scottsdale.

Okay, but “Papa Don’t Preach.”

How did Gil get that horrible scar on his face?

is mimi taking greyhound back home or hitchhiking ?

peanut I feel like someone just stabbed me in the side of the head with a pen

laters bay bay nok nok pick me up at four oclock

I can’t believe they cut my whole story from the strip. At least I nailed my “Laters” line. And it only took seven takes, too!

So your elementary aged son tells you a story about a teacher getting fired, and you’re a teacher, and you’re like “Whatever. Bye!”?

No football again today? Bad time to check in again I see.

Failure rates on an IUD is .8%. So, I am guessing red herring or Keri and Pedro are very fertile.

P3.5- Gil should channel L.A. Knight. “Yeah! Lemmee talk to Ya!”

Wait for it, do we now have a story arc? There strips that interconnect.

P 4 (Keri): “… well you know how me and Pedro make out all the time after touchdowns and stuff?…well one thing led to another… and, well, congrats grandpa!…”

“Okay, but first take off the mask. It’s a little early for Halloween.”

Well, Hopefully this off spring will be a Quarterback that we will see lead Milford over Valley Tech in 16 years.

P 1.5 (Jami): “…. I heard that it because they found a video on his school computer of these two women golfers doing it on a golf course…and they were naked!…”

P1- They’re late so Gil just drives accross everyones lawn.

P2- Even Gregg could see that arrow on the street.

P3- Gil enlists some help from Senor Wences.

Why is Gil bleeding from his forehead?

Leave it to Gil to pretend he’s going to be a great parent when he knows that Keri’s classes start in 5 minutes. And speaking of 5 minutes, you don’t even need that much time to read today’s edition of Mopped Up Thorp.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/2023/10/13/unfinished-story/

“We’ll have to go talk to Pedro about this.” “He left town a few hours ago.”

listen daddy o I hate military police and lazy head coaches so I aint talking

you should try the mirakle method gil your out of control build your own treehouse

“Well Dad, when a boy and girl love each other very much . . . they plan ahead and take precautions. But when they just hook up at a party and slam each other against a wall . . . "“So . . . what’s it gonna look like? White, Brown, Black?”“Well, from what I remember of that party, I just hope it doesn’t bark.”