Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for December 26, 2023

Which one of these dudes owns the stuffed Plugger?

P2: What the hey?!? Why would there be a stuffed bear in the frame?!?

Dream on kids.

And what about ice hockey? And what about baseball? And what about wrestling? And what about cricket? And what about…

Yeah, pro burger flipper, Rod. Not that there’s anything wrong with that

What’s up with the dumb bear? Pro ventriloquist maybe? Or is that just a new GT character?

P1- You may find yourself living in a shotgun shack.

You may ask yourself how did I get here?

“Pro, what? Wrestling?”

Ah yes, HB… perpetuate the myth where HS athletes have a real-life chance of going pro right out of HS and can secure their future by skipping college altogether. Since 1987, when this stat began being tracked, the number of HS athletes who jumped directly to the pro ranks (regardless of the sport) is 12. Consider this NCAA statistic: (football only) Of the over one million high school football players, only 2.6% are eligible to play for NCAA DIV I teams. (that’s 26,000 players) 22% are Draft Eligible (that brings the number down to 5720 players) and only 1.5% of draft eligible players really get a shot at being an NFL player (That’s 86 players). So in the end, how many HS athletes make it to the NFL? Just .023%. And for the record, LeBron James is the ONLY player in the NBA who went pro out of high school.

If you’re 17 years old, have never had a cadre of scouts at your high school games or ever appeared on ESPN, and you plan on turning pro after high school, then you’re a Plugger.

Is Rod’s bed in a horribly decorated bathroom? Ceramic gray tile and the walls painted blue with red curtains? And purple tinted windows? Somebody is color blind. And speaking of blind, unless you are blind, there’s no reason not to read today’s Mopped Up Thorp.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/2023/12/26/dream-on-rod/

jami if your looking for your bear rod and toby stole it

luke would like to thank his wife for getting him a manscape for christmas

coach kim would like to thank jun jun for the case of dawn dish washing liquid he got for christmas

Vito from Goshen ’s Tuesday Teaser on the Big Board: Does Rod turn pro before Meemaw dies? Bet early and often!

Instead of ‘what about football?’ Tobe should be asking "what about AAU basketball? (which Rod doesn’t play), or ‘what about absolutely no pro scouts ever coming to this podunk school?’, or ‘what about your only summer league experience being in a jailhouse football game?’…going pro, my a$$. This kid is more clueless than Gil.

P 4 (Rod): “…my friend Ted here told me that I’ll make the league..”

Hey Kobe, the men’s room toilet is clogged again.

Happy Kwanza to those who celebrate.

Happy Boxing Day to those who celebrate.

Well, he can dunk now after being in Juvie. Not too many HS can do that!

P4 “Wanna help me lick these ants off the basketball, ToBe?”

In all reality , Know what I’m going to do? I’m going to write and draw a comic strip and make mega bucks ! Right on brother .

Let’s see…Henry writes the words. Whigs draws the pictures. The snark-o-sphere has been pointing out the “Pluggers” like quality of the strip. Today, a “Pluggers” bear randomly shows up in GT world. Coincidence? I think not.

I brought it up about that bear also. They get their ideas from the snarkers. Nuff said.

At Milford Gym one afternoon

“Can I help you?”

“Yes, I’m an NBA scout. I understand a Jami Thorp plays basketball here?”

BRRRRRIIINNNGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!

“Jami, wake up. It’s time to get ready for school.”

At Harvard Law School

“Mr. Hart, will you kindly step to the front, please?”

Mr. Hart approaches Kingsfield at the latter’s lectern

“Mr. Hart, here’s a dime. Call your mother and tell her there is serious doubt about your ever becoming a decent plot writer.”

Mr. Hart takes the dime and heads back. Halfway up, he turns around

“You teach worse than Gil Thorp, Kingsfield!!!!!!”

“Mr. Hart, congratulations. You have declined from an A in the class to flunking you out at my earliest convenience. Kindly depart so we can entertain more productive discussion.”