Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for November 06, 2021

Pills? Leave the Thorps out of this!

P4: No, I was talking about hypnosis. So you know about getting pills, huh?

Yes, Tevin, I’m so tired of this story! When are we going get anywhere with this? It’s like reading Beckett on February 2nd. Again.

How does one ‘push through’ being tired. I’ve tried it. Nothing works.

Bottle of Reds

Bottle of Whites

Whatever kind of mood you’re in tonight.

I used to be lonely till I learned about livin’ aloneI found other things to keep my mind onAnd I’m gettin’ to know myself a little bit betterWhoa, I keep pushin’ on, I keep pushin’ on, yeah.

- Kevin Cronin

“Are you talking about taking pills? All I know about that is what I read on that Rob Howry billboard just outside the city limits. Have you tried calling that number for a free sample?”

Pills? Didn’t “Saved by the Bell” do that in an episode?

Oh, no, Tevin has lost his left hand between panels 2 and 3. His arm is barely below his waist.

I called it a couple of days ago: hypnosis, the new answer to everything.

The extra hour of sleep works tonight, but don’t count on it happening again until next November.

Long ago and far away, at nap time my Mom used to tell us: “You don’t have to go to sleep. Just lie the with your eyes closed and be quiet.”

This really is turning into a SCI-FI story: A Teenager who doesn’t want to go to sleep instead of doing homework.

Jolt cola??

P-4: So you think I use pills and you use the term “push”! Kiss off K, don’t ever talk to me again, junkie!

Copycat cafe’ IV???

Electro shock therapy??

P 4: “… yes!…I heard of this guy Bobby who lives in his moms basement down the street has some pills I can use…”

In all reality , P 4 at Boyd’s house Kia knocks at the door and says Doctor,Doctor, MR MD , Can you tell me what’s ailing me ?

Maybe the shortcut is cutting classes to catch some z’s.

It would be cool if hypnosis were to lead Milford to the state championships in football and volleyball and Kianna to the Olympic team, with the Coaches Thorp none the wiser and taking full credit!

At least she will be asleep while she’s hypnotized. It doesn’t matter that Boyd doesn’t have a clue what he’s doing, since as soon as Kiana sits back in the chair she will fall asleep anyway. He should just wait about 8 hours before snapping his fingers and telling her to wake up.

There was no pushing through in Milford, OH as the Eagles fell at Lakota West 49 – 14 in week #2 of the state playoffs, short-cutting the football season on over to basketball season with hoops practice having opened this week.

No, Kianna, don’t you do it. Don’t you dare do it. If you ask to be hypnotized to stop yourself from getting tired (WHICH DOESN’T EVEN MAKE SENSE EVEN IF YOU THINK BOYD COULD REALLY HYPNOTIZE HER) I am most likely going to go blowtop mad on Monday.

And speaking of mad, you’d be mad to not be reading Mopped Up Thorp: https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/