Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for January 17, 2022

This guy in P3 looks like he just wandered in from the shire.

You’re betting on sports!? Ooooohh!

So Pranit’s brother is Bob Smith? Anyone else remember “Buffalo” Bob Smith?

In all reality , let’s back it up to P2 .Up your nose with a rubber hose says Vinny Barberino to the kid sticking a carrot in his nose as he walks by.

How cool !!!! Meet my brother Bettin’ Bob Smith .Bet you can’t say it fast .

Sooooo do you really have a brother Bob who gave you his personal information? Did you just take and use his info to create your account? Or is he an imaginary brother you made up so you could check the “yes I am over the age of 21” box when you created the account?

P2.5 “Geez, this story arc gets more inane by the panel, I’m going to jam this french fry up my nose to try to liven things up. Hey you want to bet on something, how about the number of fries I can jam into my sinuses? What’s the over/under?”

P3: Will these guys ever figure out how to do the Vulcan salute?

Correction- your brother WAS Bob Smith once Vito from Goshen hears of this.

What else would he be betting on, the Milford High honor roll?

Yes, Bob Smith portrayed by Jimmy Cagney in R&W’s first foray into Gangster flicks.

P 4: “…let’s back up another step before that….who cares?…”

P-4: How, well Mom was married before and all I know is my dad and mom sing Winter Wonderland with their own lyrics. “They’ll say are you married? We’ll say no man, but we kinda like to fool around.”

P-1.5 “and he’s in jail so he’ll never know.”

P-2: No, no, no! It’s “Way a minute, Mr. Postman”!

P-3: Talk about truth “rearing it’s ugly head”!

Let’s back up all the way to the start of this story arc, and then replace it with an interesting one.

You have been going to school with him since 1st grade and you just ask now?

I’ve been an astute observer of hairdos since the Brylcreem days, but I’ve never never seen the look Hayseed is sporting in P3. Is he transitioning?

Okay, so he’s from India or Pakistan and was adopted. Or one of his parents is Indian and Bob is his stepbrother. I’m sure it will be something fascinating like that. I do like how these guys have known Pranit for probably a minimum of three years, and they just now became curious about his name.

And speaking of curious, if you’re curious about today’s Mopped Up Thorp, well go here and have it satiated:

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Subject for your approval. In the small Valley burg of Milford, resides the legend of young prognosticator Bob Smith, a man of mystery, some say a figment of imagination. Some say Bob is more ghost like than Jamal Gaddis, there’s no way to grasp the tangible allure, this game of Chance by this player. Inevitably, fasten your seatbelts and grab your haunches, for you are mired for 2.5 months more in The Mudlark Zone.

Wow, he’s betting on sports. Not in the league he plays in or anything, but he’s betting on sports. If he wants a more distinctive last name, he can always change it to Rose.

It’s Howdy Doody time

P 4: “..c’mon now….climb on up this table and let’s have everyone hear about it…”