Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for February 06, 2023

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If Mopman comments about Mopman’s appearance in the strip and Mopman parodies it in Mopped Up Thorp my head may explode. Spoiler alert – in tomorrow’s episode we meet substitute teacher JPuzzleWhiz.

Next thing you know, someone ate some Japanese food and is waking up next to Suzanne Pleshette in a Chicago bedroom from some crazy dream about running an Inn in Vermont.

D*amn, old Dr. Pearl is doing more work in three panels today than Gil has done in the past three years. You go girl!

Today’s strip reminds me of a conversation I once had with a friend of mine who supervises ODOT (Ohio Dept. of Transportation) road work crews. I asked him how many people does he have working for him? His answer was, “About half of them”.

In all reality , I’ll be teaching a new course called Exploring Life’s Realities . I’ll be a volunteer teacher but will get two free tickets to all Milford athletic events .

With this strip, Henry is admitting he’s just throwing stuff at the wall with no relation to reality. The principal is mopping floors, then going to be the lunch lady in the cafeteria. They’re going to hire somebody at half of Kaz’s salary. And best of all, she’s talking to “Mopman.” Riiight. Alice through the looking glass.

Writer is just screwing with us Snarkers now.

Coach Ditka and Dr. Pearl dove into a vat of Oil of Olay. Gil’s Fountain of Youth secret is exposed.

Super! It’s Mario!

That doesn’t look like Steve Luhm! Stay tuned for HVB’s next move, a trademark infringement lawsuit against Milford Public Schools, Dr. Pearl and Henry Barajas. Meanwhile, over at Valley Tech where there seems to be no budget problems, Big Hand Luke Is enjoying Grand Marnier and cigars in the teacher’s lounge while the basketball team practices in the Vitodome, their new multi-million-dollar training facility. (Thanks to a certain gentleman from Goshen)

Kudos to Henry for his tip of the cap to Mopman — a commenter who makes fun of the strip on a daily basis. Now if only the strip would show — as Mopman suggested — one of the Thorp kids asking Gil, “Do you want a Hoo, Dad?”

But what about the Lift-A-Thon everyone is so excited about?

When did Mopman grow the stache?

P3: That’s funny- who calls someone a “Mopman”? What if he needs to unclog some indoor water closets- what do you call him then?

P4 — “And Gil, can you cover Advanced Calculus in Room 203? Starts in 5 minutes.”

Mopman looks like he just got schooled by Dr. Pearl

Is that Principal Pearl?

Discussing the salary of someone who isn’t there in front of another employee like the janitor is highly improper. Gil and Pearl should both know better.

P-1: Dr. P. shows us her potential as a RW on the “Team Identifying as Girls” Hockey Program.

P-2: He’ll consider the pay cut because half of what Kaz was making is only a $1 an hour loss, and he still gets free parking.

P-3: Just as we suspected, the Public School Lunch Ladies prepared Lunch after their hands were contaminated with filthy mop bucket water.

So, instead of showing granny and her bloated salary the door for someone younger with a lower salary package, (and Gil too, for that matter) they keep her on and allow her to mop floors and work as a hash slinger in the school cafeteria? Yeah…ok, Rubin. Who’s running this place? That library clown Burrito?

I guess Doctor Pearl doesn’t have tenure like Gil.

my name is pedro morales old timing lady not mopman

So the principal is filling in at other jobs? And why does she need to mop when the janitor is standing there being paid?

So…Milford has its custodial staff also doing lunches? Sheesh…

This is really funny! My mom would totally pull a Dr Pearl and show the janitor how to mop.

What is this about?

And hen they step outside and find themselves fighting their way out of Gravlines Prison!!!!!!

Hope she washes her hands before lunch making. Maybe she is making Beets?

So, apparently, the Unions have no problem with all the lines being crossed here. Somebody call the Feds!

Gil wants to hire Coach Kim so he doesn’t have to work so much.

No one holds a wet mop like that.

I guess the author is going the “self-aware” route, instead of, you know, writing a coherent story with believable characters.

Maybe he is hiring Marty away from the WDIG gig! Dig?

Today’s totally awesome Mopped Up Thorp was posted this morning, but I haven’t been online until now to promote it. So, I’m promoting it, especially since it’s starring me!

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

it all seems so mixed up.

The cruel twist is that this obviously occurred on a day I was off and Super Mario there was doing a crappy job in my place. Then Dr. Pearl calls him by my nickname! She doesn’t even know what I look like?

How about a mop-a thon? They could raise money and get the floors cleaned at the same time. Maybe they could have a daily mop-a-thon, if they have enough dopey students to fall for it.