Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for July 18, 2023

Also spoken by Carolyn Bessett-Kennedy on July 16, 1999.

It’s a reverse Home Alone as they realize they left Keri and Jamie at the hotel…

Maybe Gil will go full kamikaze and put this strip out of its misery.

A record, but I can do better if we lighten the load. Luke, this is where you get off.

Trying to make time, Thorp ignores warnings and flies into IMC. “Oops, looks like we have 178 seconds to live. Luke, you better make peace with your deity, —or deities.”

Feels like it’s been a long time since we saw Gil in the pilot’s seat.

Unlike last year, Hillary Holmes is flying sans uniform. You could say she’s flying casual.

P3- That’s the happiest Gil has looked in a long time. The guy doesn’t look a day over 42. Looks like the cornfield is safe. For now.

P1 Gil banks the small plane as he prepares to put it into a Junker JU 87 Stuka dive in order to pick up speed on the way home.

P2 Lukey blows first. The barf-a-thon is on! E(mimi)ly struggles to hold her breakfast down as Lukey heaves uncontrollably. It’s just a matter of time now before she blows chunks. To her left, Ericka begins gag as she feels the queazy rumblings in her stomach as the sight, sound and rancid smell fills her senses. Meanwhile, the sounds and smells from the passenger seats permeate the luggage compartment where Keri and Jami begin to slowly lose control over their gag reflex.

P3 Gil is all smiles as Hillary reaches over and grips Gil’s tiny joystick to throttle up for “getting home” in record time.

P 2 (Mimi thought bubble): “… seriously?… first the cloud of body hair and now this?… no wonder I like women more than men…”

Can’t wait for tomorrow’s tribute to “Marvin.”

At least “Lil’ co-Pilot Jami” isn’t puking his guts out. Tough guy, world traveler Luke…loses it on a puddle jumper…What an imposter

Gil told Luke “Yeah, those sloppy joes are terrific. I’d try three or four, it could be a long flight.”

I like Luke’s barf cube. Makes for easy storage. And speaking of easy, it’s easy to read today’s edition of Mopped Up Thorp. Just go here:

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/2023/07/18/payback-2/

Gil in a hurry to get home to see if the pool is clean.

Um, hello? Where’d everybody go? Dad sent me to the airport gift shop to grab some candy. Where’s the plane?

P3: Gil doing his best Otto impersonation. Cigarette?

P1- Gil extends the springs in case of a rough landing.

P2- Luke wants to take his time puking.

P3- Gil changes clothes….again. How did he fit three shirts, a suit, his accessories and the trophy into that little tote bag that he was carrying?

“Ha, ha, Thorp, just try to beat my vomit record!”

Nothing adds to the experience of flight like the smell of vomit in a confined space!

She says that as the guy’s about to hurl hairballs all over the plane.

Why didn’t Gil fly the Korean nightmare home ?