Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rod Whigham for January 05, 2022

He bet on the game

Are you ready for some point shaving?

Say it ain’t -

Ah yes there’s a point shaving scandel brewing . In all reality who will rat PLanit Hollywood out ? Does Gil suspect anything , Anyone,Anyone ?

Vito from Goshen just left on a much-delayed vacation. He said to get a subpoena if you want to talk to him. “I never met this kid!”

I guess 5-foot-9 is considered short.

That’s depressing.

The gambling bug will get you if you don’t watch out!

Looks like Vito has some new competition. He’s not going to like that.

“It’s affixxed!”

I called it a few days ago: a gambling problem is brewing!

(And yes, I know some people who bet on high school sports. They also live in their parents’ basements and spend all day playing on line RPGs and drinking 3-liter Dr. Peppers.)

Time to call 1-800-BETS OFF.

This kid Pranit will never be mistaken for The Mad Bomber Wendell Ladner. Now if Milford has a glass water cooler at the end of the bench and he crashes into it……

P-1: The two most immature kids on the team play whose hand is bigger like we used to do with our Dads before Kindergarten.

P-2: Apparently, Milford has made it to the 60’s. Being unclear on the concept or sport, Pranit uses “Stick’em” and holds his jacket without using his fingers.

P-3: R&W experiment with staged pictures. Four kids at a table with one side open for the camera. Next week, the work on film splicing.

Pranit the Greek. I see a career in podcasting in his future.

What is going on? Does Rubin not know the difference between fantasy football and wagering on games? Or is Pranit into both and the fantasy thing will never come up again? And why am I expecting consistency and/or realism?

And speaking of expecting, if you were expecting to read Mopped Up Thorp this morning, well, it’s time!

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

So, Pranit the Genius Maven predicted the Larks would win by 5 and they eke out a 1 point victory. And he makes money? My prediction: Brenda Starr wannabe Heather Burns learns of his shenanigans and is the one to clue Gil in on the cancer on his hoops team.

From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:

Oh, snap, is gambling-mad Pranit betting on games that he’s playing in? No, he’s just using gambling lingo metaphorically, but sadly Milford High has spent years slashing its humanities budget to fund its STEM program and bloated athletic department, so nobody he’s talking to understands what “metaphors” are.

P 4: “… plus I’m in to those guys for 10 large so I gotta give them something…”

It would be so cool if there were actual point shaving, but most likely PHol will be suspected of doing that once he starts missing shots…

Pete Rose would be so proud of Pranit for betting on his own team.