Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for December 23, 2021

Does Marty go to the barber and request “sawtooth bangs” or does he cut his hair himself or what?

P3: Marty’s hair from Vegematic. Gil still spotting the Pat Riley wet look. A little dab’ll do ya.

P4 Gilpa: “Yeah Marty, I’m ready…to lunge across this desk, grab you by the throat and choke you with one hand and b***hslap you senseless with the other.”

“Ummmmm, what season starts tomorrow?”

P3 Are Marty and Gilpa having a fencing duel under the desk?

Looks like Gil takes the Mr Potter approach and seats visitors in a way that makes them feel tiny and insignificant.

P4- Hey GilPa. Wanna get small? I got these wonder joints from Dudley Dawson, the TCFS kids call him Booger annd….

“You bet I’m ready! We’re really prepared for… um, our opponent in the… er, next sports season opener! Tomorrow, right?”

P3: Gil’s chair is about two feet higher than Marty’s. He will need to move the laptop over to land that backhand for tomorrow’s P1 though.

P2: And a gambling problem is born.

P 2: uh, ok kid….entrance fee for what?

How would Gil know?? He doesn’t even know who is on the team. That’s why most of the players play 3 sports, so Gil doesn’t have to learn new names.

“Season opener? There’s a season opener tomorrow?”

It’s Wabbit Season!

P2- He just said it’s FREE, you idiot.

P3- Is Marty sitting on a kids chair?

Vito from Goshen will have this kid betting on ferret racing and Icelandic jai alai before the week is out.

Season opener tomorrow? We don’t even know who this year’s breakout star will be. Tevin again? Print the cheapskate? How about nobody! No way the Larks finish second in the Valley.

Um, what? Pay an entrance fee to what? He just said the contest is free. And how does this explain why he won’t spend hardly any money on drinks? Answer: it doesn’t, making yesterday’s conversation confusing.

And why is Marty asking Gil dumb questions the day before the season opener? What possible use is this “interview” for his radio broadcast? “Well, I spoke to Coach Thorp yesterday and he informed me that the team was ready for today’s game. And that’s why my show has won so many awards, for the hard-hitting, in-depth journalism that you’ve come to expect!”

And speaking of coming to expect, I know you’ve been coming to expect new editions of Mopped Up Thorp six days a week. And I’m not letting you down today, so, here comes today’s!

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In all reality, I’m betting that the Thorp Kids don’t show up to wish us Merry Christmas again this year .

Gil and Marty have been slacking off. Tomorrow’s P1 and P2 better have them still in Gil’s office with him rattling off the starting lineup.