Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rod Whigham for January 19, 2022

What?? The name of his betting account is also “Bob”?

Help, I’m A Rock.

Pranit’s a loser but Gil will coach him up.

Yeah Jam…errrrrrr…Pranit, you know you want to jam one of those fingers up your nose and pick a winner

Later that day, Moose & Rocco pay Pandora a visit . In all reality , Look Pandora ,you lose you pay or your brother Bobby gets a beating . Yes I get it but what if I shave points for you ? We’ll talk to the Boss about that, have a nice day. Thank you gentlemen ,

Agree. Enough about “ Bob” already…Zzzzzzzz

Pranit, Duke of Debit.

What about Bob?

Pranit has already told them enough about his over-21 year-old brother Bob. Now he can tell them instead about his girlfriend Roberta, who lives in Canada.

Jami had too many heat strokes slaving away in the sweat shop. He’s a recipe for disaster telling his teammates about his alter ego and his Sportsdupe.com account tied to his debit card. Way to build up his confidence GilPa. Kid cans some 3 pointers now he thinks he’s Sam Rothstein.

How can this possibly go wrong? Now, onto the undefeated run to the state championship title for both teams.

I think I’m missing something. (Not unusual.) The big intro for this douchebag was that he was some talented fantasy football manager? That has nothing to do with “having a gift for picking winners.” Fantasy football is not picking game winners based on the spread.

Well, maybe I should cut these guys some slack. This strip is always so realistic, it’s okay to be off the mark just this once. And speaking of marks, I hope you’ve bookmarked Mopped Up Thorp by now.

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Looks like Bob is getting a year in jail for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. And that’s going to be after this kid gets knee-capped by his loan shark after he can’t pay off his gambling debts.

So how far into the season before Pranit is broke? Just in time to derail their chances at the Playdowns I’d bet (no pun intended).

He definitely looks more like Jami in P3 Than P1

P2: Even the characters can’t figure out the script.

This is beginning to sound like an episode from Happy Days when Ralph Mouth tries to be a bookie and ends up losing huge. Fonzie has to step in to convince a bruiser from turning Ralph into his personal punching bag.