Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for November 20, 2023

Travis and Taylor spring into action. Babe, call your pilot land your chopper on the field. Gil, help me set his leg and load him for transport. Luke, stay with him and meet your wife at the hospital.

So, did Milford win??

If this strip was a horse, they’d have to shoot it.

Pedro broke his (wee) knee?

P2 And the aliens are here for you, Luke.

First thing you should always do for an injured person is help them sit up.

P1 – Is that player wearing gym shoes? Not seeing any cleats. Tough to play football on grass without ’em.

Well, this is really a big advancement from Saturday

Thus begins the tale of Pedro’s painkiller addiction.

Whigs loves drawing soles of shoes

Luckily for Pedro, Milford Athletcs has state of the art emergency medical services. Well, state of the art for 1974.

Writer’s note: “I’ve just spent a year showing you I know nothing about football, now let me show you my lack of knowledge of leg injuries!”

Mama Medica

This rivalry has regressed into a probing spectacle. Gone for way too long, the aliens are intent to harvest analytical data.

Medica ???? Where is the trainer ? And what idiot sits up an injured player that complains " I can’t move it." ? Way to go ,HB !!!!!

Pedro’s not looking too good today.

Unable to understand Spanish, Milford’s EMTs continue to watch Charissa Thompson discuss halftime adjustments on their phones as Pedro writhes in agony.

iMedica? Is that a Spanish language iPhone medical app?

The leg may be broken, but it looks like the relationship is mended.

(see what I did there?)

Oh, arte! You’ve forgotten the beginning of this tale. For consistency, Pedro will blame Luke for his lifelong limp and hatred will fester longer than this blog. Keri won’t be able to tolerate the negative “vibes” and will move on to the next bizarre character to appear in this strip.

This will drag on until Thursday, when we discover that Pedro broke his Wishbone and everyone shouts HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

That will take a few feet off his fastball!

Where is Coach Kim and his minion??

meanwhile gil finds out cami can play a mean rusty trombone

i think dr schrolls is the only medic in milford

luke checks pedro for a heartbeat which you always do first after a leg injury

I’m here for you, son. Let me scream for a medic is Spanish. That should get things going.

So no one from the staff of the school he attends has bothered to come check on him?

I once drove the football team to a game. One of the players dislocated his shoulder. He went to the are hospital, and made it back in time to ride the bus home!

P1- Which team is wearing white pants?

Thank Goodness it went snap! That doesn’t sound anything like gunfire, so Keri’s not crying.

Meanwhile, VT is penalized for delay of game.

Tomorrow, Gil and Cami get accused of placing a bounty on opposing players. Coincidentally, Gil’s “old friend” Sean Payton is also seen on video leaving the locker room after giving a pregame “pep talk” to the Mudlarks.

I’ve never seen football shoes with cleats like that.

Wow, in P2 Luke looks like he’s the second coming of….well, no, that would be sacrilegious. How about the second coming of the other big guy, Gil! And speaking of second comings, after reading today’s Mopped Up Thorp you’ll be wanting to come back for seconds. But sadly, there aren’t any.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/2023/11/20/they-overdid-it/

I’m glad this game isn’t at Milford. I hate having to clean up blood and pieces of flesh and bone.

I can’t believe I have to pay off this prop bet, but one person put down $20 on a broken bone in this game. Stop by for your $1000 before the end of the week. But all of you that bet on a rainbow kick are out of luck.