Is it normal for pilots in flight to have conversations with anyone beyond air traffic control? Not knowing anything about flying, it would seem odd that Gil would be patched through to the hangar where his plane is kept and talking about his (lack of) love life rather than the tower and his flight status.
As usual, I am confused by this strip. Isn’t Beth the bartender at a bar IN MILFORD? Where is he flying to? Milford isn’t so big you have to fly a jet from one end to the other.
Maybe that is the misdirection? He isn’t flying to Beth, he is flying to Paris to meet up with Monique, a character we have never seen before and couldn’t guess was coming.
Beth works at some swanky resort where Gil gets his (almost) annual coaching award. He sees her just once a year, yet they’re both smitten (in an unrequited sort of way).
Finally able to log into this site. I kept getting a server error message. And speaking of messages, the best message of all is that today’s Mopped Up Thorp is online. Has been for about 6 hours, but it is online.
kdizzle 6 months ago
Really?? A Stevie Wonder blind joke? Grow up. Hypocritical for an author who has pushed inclusivity to try to derive humor from disability.
Klubble 6 months ago
Gil rushes to get to Beth before his brother.
Gil-doh! 6 months ago
Who’s zooming who?
Gil-doh! 6 months ago
Is it normal for pilots in flight to have conversations with anyone beyond air traffic control? Not knowing anything about flying, it would seem odd that Gil would be patched through to the hangar where his plane is kept and talking about his (lack of) love life rather than the tower and his flight status.
Gil-doh! 6 months ago
But we can’t stop this world from it’s / Crash and burn / It’s crash and burn / Crash and burn
Charks 6 months ago
“Milford, we have a problem.”
Ichabod Ferguson 6 months ago
I’d stay away from that nimbus if I were Gil.
bearwku82 6 months ago
P2- Try and have some fun. OVER. Gil packed the three Gs. Geritol, Grecian Formula and Gold Bond. The stud doesn’t look a day over 48.
artegal 6 months ago
Who else is rooting for engine failure?
Trespassers W 6 months ago
As usual, I am confused by this strip. Isn’t Beth the bartender at a bar IN MILFORD? Where is he flying to? Milford isn’t so big you have to fly a jet from one end to the other.
Maybe that is the misdirection? He isn’t flying to Beth, he is flying to Paris to meet up with Monique, a character we have never seen before and couldn’t guess was coming.
PatIrish 6 months ago
Beth works at some swanky resort where Gil gets his (almost) annual coaching award. He sees her just once a year, yet they’re both smitten (in an unrequited sort of way).
[Unnamed Reader - 563f4c] 6 months ago
Hope Gil has enough put away for the Carbon Credits he needs to buy for this trip
James St. John Smythe 6 months ago
Scramble the fighter jets- this plane’s off course.
Polish Pride 6 months ago
Talk to me Marty!
Irish53 6 months ago
This last week of Gil has to be one of the longest arcs in a while. Too bad there’s no sports in it.
KazDojo 6 months ago
Bang! Zoom! To the moon!
tomcervo 6 months ago
The only Cessna a high school coach’s salary can afford comes in a little box with ‘Monogram’ on the top. Fixing games must pay off big.
hifirick1953 6 months ago
What would Ted Lasso do?? WWTLD
bearwku82 6 months ago
Lasso is lame. To get Gilfather’s mind right, WWTDD.
Irish53 6 months ago
P 3 (Gil thought bubble): “…No Mimi and her dumb wife…no Jami…No Keri…No Cami…now’s a good time to disappear for awhile…”
Klubble 6 months ago
How can Gil afford to pay for the hanger fees and the fuel? Those used car commercials must pay more than I thought.
Snarker formerly known as Rube Whigham 6 months ago
Gil about to get the bad news that Beth is into him only in the brief moments right after he wins COTY!
Mopman 6 months ago
Finally able to log into this site. I kept getting a server error message. And speaking of messages, the best message of all is that today’s Mopped Up Thorp is online. Has been for about 6 hours, but it is online.
https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/2024/03/04/seems-unlikely/
Klubble 6 months ago
“This is Captain Oveur”. “Over” “Yes, this is Captain Oveur. You want to talk to Kareem?”