Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for July 03, 2017

What a scoop this would make for the Trumpet if Dafne hadn’t quit.

How can she say “no” to a man with a fashionable tonsure?

If DafDaf shuts him out Caruso will be crying the tears of a clown.

A shot-putter whose hands are no bigger than those of an average-size girl probably doesn’t have much of a future in the sport.

Is one of the hands Dafne’s hand pushing Jimmy’s hand off her shoulder (where it spent the weekend)? Otherwise, what a bizarro closeup apropos to nothing. I keep thinking the outline of the hand on the right is Dafne’s neck like in one of those optical illusion vase pictures.

In all reality , Ryan discovers Carrie alone crying and stops to comfort her. After a few Tabs at the Bucket , Ryan walks Carrie home and at the front door she kisses him . With her head swimming , Carrie calls her Bestie Double D and says I’m in love with Ryan and tells all. Want to go to the lake with us ? Call Jimmy , he’s got the hots for you ! Summer begins .

Why didn’t Dafne hoard the Keebler cookies? With that Slim Chance hairdo, she could use some elfin magic.

Why is she high fiving him in p1?

P4….“no, it’s high school but what’s the difference?”

P-1: Cousin Itt is rebuffed in a bid for a three way.

P-2: Gary reverts to his role in the Milford Jr. High Drama Club production of Showboat and sings “Only Make-Believe”.

P-3: The drugs are beginning to wear off and DD tries to get her bearings.

What do Mr. and Mrs. Thing have to do with this story? And if I remember correctly, there indeed was a Mrs. Thing mentioned but I don’t recall whether it appeared on camera. I know Cousin It was a fairly prominent character unlike Mrs. Thing.

Jimmy (The Shoulder Pawer) yanks out the icepick Double D planted in his neck in P2.

The ants gather on the seat cushion in P3. They don’t want to miss one juicy detail. And is MOPMAN branching out into house cleaning services now? Why, you could practically eat off of that floor.

Oh, and to answer your question in P3 Double D. I’m not sure exactly what grade you two are in, but I know that this group of sophiticated snarkers here, is firmly planted in 6th grade and we’re proud of it.

In the interest of fair play, DD, you did the same thing to Jimmy so that Carrie could spend time with Jimmy. Let’s call the whole thing off.

MOP…. read ZITS today if you ordinarily don’t. It’s your kind of humor.

Yeah, DD’s question in P3 is the same question new readers ask the first time they read our comment section. And speaking of reading, you should be reading Mopped Up Thorp, since it’s up again today. Also you may have missed Saturday’s strip, being that it was done Sunday afternoon.

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I read this strip any day and have completely lost interest in these characters and their soap opera. Where’s the sports? Are they even athletes or are we now following the lives and loves of the Milford newspaper staff? Time for some summer diversion — bring back that wrestling dude!

Since this stupid love triangle….I mean square….whatever the hell shape it is…is still a ways from being resolved…and we haven’t come close to resolving the Ryan “girlfriend abuser” story….it’s a sad reality that there once again will be no summer story. Baseball will go until September again. I guess Rubham have given up on summer golf, pool, wrestling fundraisers….

P!…I think they both should be checked out for Parkinson’s.