Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for February 19, 2024

I have a friend with whom I have a running joke, wherein we call each other for Groundhog Day.

One year, I looked all over for a Groundhog Day card for her.

They’re hard to find. All the shelf space is taken up by cards for another February holiday.

Quiz: Which heads are made of the most rock?

Looks like Henry gets today off too.

Is Too Dumb Crew guarding the monument today?

Which ones are the presidents? The ones in living color or the dead ones in gray? And Teddy missing his glasses.

What’s with the crossed arms? Same guy who sculped MLK? Here’s my drumbeat for sculpting a better script. Meanwhile, GW and company are groaning in their graves.

Why are 3 Milford coaches hanging out at Mount Rushmore with Vanilla Ice?

Why doesn’t the chick get a jacket? Is it to provide the lascivious elbow shot for the more prurient of the GT audience? I thought the new management of this strip was above objectifying women like that. I. Am. Shocked. (and yes, I admit, a little turned on).

Don’t recall a President’s Day strip before. Christmas and Easter are the too holidays that usually receive attention. Maybe HB, tired of hearing us whine, will redo the strip so each day is a tribute to some day or another. I mean, every day has a half dozen titles or more, things like Talk Like a Pirate Day, or National Pickle Day, or Pink Flamingo Day. With thousands to chose from it could be a celebration of lesser known facts about the US!

And readers might even be grateful.

Can’t wait for 4/20. High expectations for smoking good time snarking.

Growing up my two favorite months of school were November and February. November the school week was broken by elections on the first Tuesday with off days for teacher’s convention the Wednesday-Friday of the same week. Off for Veteran’s Day [originally Armistice Day] and then the Wed-Fri of Thanksgiving were also no school days. Maximum days of school 12. February promised two automatic short weeks with Washington and Lincoln birthdays off; bonus of Valentine Day being a fluff day in K-6, spent exchanging silly cards and eating pink frosted cupcakes. Add religious holidays and snow days and the month practically disappeared.

Could we get just a “bit” more attitude in those poses, please?

Hey, I was in this pose too! Why did they cut the picture off so high? I am right between Dad and Uncle Luke.

Is Gil’s hair moving in the wind? Oh no, he must have run out of Brylcream on this trip. Quick, to the drugstore! And speaking of quick, today’s Mopped Up Thorp is out much more quickly than Saturday’s was.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/2024/02/19/road-trip-3/

Since Native Americans consider Mt, Rushmore a symbol of tyranny and oppression, Barajas and Whigham may have to turn in their “woke” card.

Not pictured: Pedro, running laps around the mountain.

Why Pedro?

henry could have schocked the monkey and had stapleton in todays strip

i think that is the world famous dishwasher in todays strip next to luke

gil has to get home fast to stop tobe from eating keris cherrypie

It should be the 4 dooshiest characters: Mimi, Pedro, Keri, and Inma

Amelia’s chuck wagon is sure to appear anytime. Posing for God-only-knows sure works up an appetite, especially pimento sandwiches, even ones past the sell-by date.

Today, to paraphrase Amway’s definition of status

“Taking a vacation you don’t need with money you don’t have to strike a pose like John Wayne with people you don’t like.”

I recognize Gil, the Hispanic coach he used to knock heads with, and the Ramones in the background, but not sure about the younger girl and guy.

What a stupid, throwaway strip.