Ok, call me a stickler for details but the last score had Milford up 1. Maybe they skipped a possession or 2 but it Milford is up then why are they shooting at all? Maybe Gil took the Mudlarks and layed the points.
Trist or trust is the key word today and recent Milford time. Makes me think of Mike Damone’s Elvis Costello poster in his bedroom after he knocks up Stacy Hamilton.
And Rod trusts Inma, so he threw the ball to her. Unfortunately, she was sitting in the stands, so the ball was out of bounds, resulting in a turnover. But it is a valuable life lesson to learn how to lose, and Gil’s teams have learned MANY valuable lessons.
The Milford Mudlarks: the team whose players trust one another so much that they just keep passing the ball back and forth, indefinitely. Is this their key to victory? Well, they never shoot, so they never score, so no, it isn’t. But the trust! Think about the trust!
I always love how, in Milford, everyone brings their old-timey flashbulb cameras and are constantly taking shots during the game from the stands. Must be really distracting for the players. And speaking of distracting, I hope nothing is distracting you from reading today’s Mopped Up Thorp.
Hey, Gil, anyone COULD have made the shot, it doesn’t mean they WOULD have made the shot. Heck, even Jami COULD have made the shot. The percentage may have been 0.02%, but he COULD have.
That kid with Marfan about 1 month ago
And then there’s Rod…
Klubble about 1 month ago
Well, if he could make the shot, why wouldn’t you make it and avoid a possible steal, bad pass…wait, those are all sports concepts…sorry.
Klubble about 1 month ago
Sign man couldn’t think of what to write today.
Klubble about 1 month ago
P1: How does the ball being passed have motion marks BEHIND him?!?
Klubble about 1 month ago
How did Uncle Leo possibly pass the ball with his fingers in every which direction?
Klubble about 1 month ago
Rod bumps his head on the ceiling and commits a turnover.
Gil-doh! about 1 month ago
I’m just waiting on a friend.
Gil-doh! about 1 month ago
P2 has it going on. Big hands, big balls, Signman and Fistpump Man firing up the crowd – plus a bonus active shooter drill!
tractorguy99 about 1 month ago
Just send me the COTY trophy.
TSR1964 about 1 month ago
Keep passing till u lose the 24 seconds. I thought there was less than a minute b4 the free throw
Gil-doh! about 1 month ago
Rod’s play is electrifying.
Charks about 1 month ago
At least one pass too many.
KazDojo about 1 month ago
Triple play! And we’re heading to the bottom of the 9th.
Irish53 about 1 month ago
P 4: passed back to Tobe who rainbow kicks in the game winning shot
Gil-doh! about 1 month ago
ToBe passes the ball to Leo who swings it over to Rod who’s wide open. Rod shoots! CLANK! BUZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
Rod to a sobbing ToBe (whose year just got a little harsher) afterward: “You f—ked up. You trusted us!”
artegal about 1 month ago
How nice. We’re all trusting each other. Is anyone going to shoot?
Sign Man about 1 month ago
Hey, Fistpump Man, is this the first time we were able to get seats next to each other?
Billy Bodkin about 1 month ago
Ok, call me a stickler for details but the last score had Milford up 1. Maybe they skipped a possession or 2 but it Milford is up then why are they shooting at all? Maybe Gil took the Mudlarks and layed the points.
bearwku82 about 1 month ago
Trist or trust is the key word today and recent Milford time. Makes me think of Mike Damone’s Elvis Costello poster in his bedroom after he knocks up Stacy Hamilton.
James St. John Smythe about 1 month ago
Wow this IS impressive. Rod makes The Shot with two broken wrists.
Irish53 about 1 month ago
So who are the other two starters? All that’s ever shown in the lineup is the three stooges here.
Blaidd Drwg Premium Member about 1 month ago
And there’s the final horn. Milford loses by one without getting off the last shot!!
jslabotnik about 1 month ago
And over Leo’s left shoulder in P2, Two fists pumps person
That kid with Marfan about 1 month ago
Henry went on vacation before he finished writing today’s strip…
lemonbaskt about 1 month ago
i see three fist pump man in this strip i guess they gotta go on the show to tell the truth to find the oringinal orson bean should know
lemonbaskt about 1 month ago
can the opposing player just pull down the steel girder to block rods shot ?
lemonbaskt about 1 month ago
i wonder why the signman who wore the rainbow wig never came to milford to watch a game
jayesquire about 1 month ago
Maybe I am over-analyzing here; but, I’m detecting a whole lot of projection here. HB, you having some trust issues in your personal life , buddy???
lemonbaskt about 1 month ago
do camera phones have flash or do milford fans use there old style kodaks ?
Trespassers W about 1 month ago
And Rod trusts Inma, so he threw the ball to her. Unfortunately, she was sitting in the stands, so the ball was out of bounds, resulting in a turnover. But it is a valuable life lesson to learn how to lose, and Gil’s teams have learned MANY valuable lessons.
David Rickard Premium Member about 1 month ago
From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:
The Milford Mudlarks: the team whose players trust one another so much that they just keep passing the ball back and forth, indefinitely. Is this their key to victory? Well, they never shoot, so they never score, so no, it isn’t. But the trust! Think about the trust!
Mopman about 1 month ago
I always love how, in Milford, everyone brings their old-timey flashbulb cameras and are constantly taking shots during the game from the stands. Must be really distracting for the players. And speaking of distracting, I hope nothing is distracting you from reading today’s Mopped Up Thorp.
moppedupthorp wordpress com/2024/03/28/fancy-passing/
metals24 about 1 month ago
P1- New sponsor is Nike.
P2- This comment doesn’t even make sense.
P3- Rod is so cocky now that he’s going to take “the shot” while sitting on a chair.
hifirick1953 about 1 month ago
Time is a concept.
Mopman about 1 month ago
Hey, Gil, anyone COULD have made the shot, it doesn’t mean they WOULD have made the shot. Heck, even Jami COULD have made the shot. The percentage may have been 0.02%, but he COULD have.
tdrewhardin about 1 month ago
“…I didn’t want to be a Gil Thorp writer!!!!!!!!!
I always wanted to be a
LUMBERJACK!!!!!!!!!
“The pines of British Columbia, the adoring girlie-girls…”
Mopman about 1 month ago
See? That’s why ToBe is the greatest. He trusts his team while Leo only trusts his friend.
GregZimmerman about 1 month ago
This strip moves slower than the last 5 minutes of an NFL game.
Klubble about 1 month ago
P3: The old exploding ball trick.