Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rod Whigham for August 31, 2013

That comment is pure gold @desertdwlr

Not talking to anyone and not being talked to are two different things. Gil can certainly talk to John Pascoe. He might get no response, but it won’t mean he didn’t talk to him.

Remember the storyline of the kid in special ed? On offense, he kept messing up the snap count. At least this time around, duh, I hope the storyline will put the kid on defense. “When the ball moves…”

Not sure I can see this storyline evolving into the state playdowns in March!.Mrs Wormwood

So he might not be deaf after all. But apparently he is mute. I guess in all likelihood he is both, unless this is one of those “no physical reason, kind of reaction to a traumatic experience, football will cure him” situations. Classic textbook case.

Sounds like a “Hoosiers” remake to me.

The EES epidemic in Milford is rather worrying – it doesn’t seem to happen in Gotham City, Metropolis or Dogpatch. Have they ever called in a specialist to try to find the cause? How is it treated? – it seems to come and go.

In all reality, John will become Sanchez s man slave and Gil will have to deal with her for Big John s services. Nunn took AP Psyc last semester so Sanchez will have to get physical with him to winhim over.

Could John Pascoe be the love child of Cousin Eddie of National Lampoon’s Vacation fame? “He won’t answer, Clark. He was born without a tongue.”

and johnny doesn’t know what day it ishe doesn’t know football or what playdowns is

So, he’s an exchange student from a Trappist monastery?

I sense a Great Football Miracle on the way.

“Big John, Big John, Big Joh-n-n-n-n! Big Bad John! I’l be humming this Jimmy Dean ballad while tailgating today.

I’m thinking that when Big John Pascoe sees the peacock everything is going to turn out just fine.

John has taken a vow of silence until he gets into the Air Force Academy, like the brother in Little Miss Sunshine.

If Pascoe is deaf will Gil adopt a Chip Kelly-like flash card system to communicate with him?

We know what EES is. They are all shocked, all the time.If they weren’t all stupid, they wouldn’t always be shocked.

Really? And all the while I’ve been thinking an over supply of cherry bombs in Milford was the problem. Come on boys, WE"RE READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!

Or if no football, then field hockey, soccer, volleyball or better yet, water polo with Mimi and Pedro, Coach Glory and Gil, Molly and the Fugitive,the girl at the newspaper and Marty, and the long lost Thorp kids and their significant others.

In Archie comics, large drops of water fly off a person’s head (usually Mr. Lodge or Mr. Weatherbee) to indicate surprise.