Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for October 06, 2021

What light thru yonder window breaks?

That was one long ride home from Kettering just rolling in early Saturday morning and the girls waiting for the buses to get on their way to the Volleyball tournament, the guys must have detoured to the casino in Cincinnati or maybe to have drinks with Urb in Columbus, on to the all morning loofah session!

P3 powered by coffee and summer long pool cleanings by Pedro, Mimi is no worse for the wear after the four hour bus ride from Milford up to Aurora in Portage County, with a 9 AM tournament start, the girls had to be at the buses by 3 or 3:30 at the latest to be sure they were checked in an warmed up for their first match, the good news for Kianna is that she might have slept the longest she will get for the fall sports season, hope Mimi made sure the girls had more for breakfast than coffee or the extra large Bucket shakes that put Kianna down after the football game a couple of weeks ago

P2 would be more believable if the writer gave Boyd some dialogue that was actually funny.

Kianna + overtired + over-caffeine + physical exertion = EMT alert!

I assume that’s Mimi — you never can tell just from the artwork — so I’m stopping the Coaches Held Hostage count, at least for now.

P3- Finally, Mimi is free! As she celebrates with Marty’s sippy cup. Wayne and Garth will attend. SCHWING!

P-1: Where can I get a Large Blasto?

Wait, Mimi didn’t ride the bus with the team? In my area, at least one coach has to ride the bus with the players…

I wonder if the technique the late Dr. Heimlich used is known in Milford.

It cracks him up to have a teammate tell him he chokes? Makes me wonder what could possibly offend him.

P 2.5: “…so, wait….dim-witted, boring, one-dimensional windbags crack you up?….geez…you need to get out more, man….”

P 4 (girl’s voice, back of the bus): “….and powered by uppers (giggle)…”

Rick Soto just came out with a rework of the 1963 Leslie Gore hit for Tev: “It’s My Party and I’ll Choke When I Want To”. The flip side of the 45 is “Pressure” by David Bowie. Big time hits in Milford.

P2 dialogue translation: “Spiller is a tool and I know it, everybody knows it”

What the heck is Mimi wearing today? Suspenders to hold up her britches?

What is a Blasto??

Yep, this plotline keeps movin’ right along. At glacier speed. And if that is Mimi and you some guy named Vito looking for me, I was never here!

Mimi demanded a special panel for her triumphant return from her 2 month hiatus. Only herself in color, everything else relegated to appear as a drab background.

And speaking of drab, nobody ever accuses Mopped Up Thorp of being drab. I hope at least.

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