Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rod Whigham for December 02, 2019

Great. Now I don’t like her either.

P1: Look at those man hands!

P2: Last time I saw a mouth like that it had a hook in it

P3: Chet has a little Mickey Abbott in him

Ugh, there’s going to be one of those faux-heartwarming All Is Forgiven strips. Bleep this, on to hoops.

Wow, finally Mrs. Roh actually speaks! Took enough to get her to have an opinion. But I’m disappointed she isn’t leaving his ass.

And what is the deal with the tomatoes? They have a bowl of them in every room in the house.

“Catch up, pal.” Is that actually a saying? Especially something you’d say to your spouse? I don’t think anyone says that now, or 10 years ago, or 20 years ago, or 50 years ago.

And speaking of sayings, I’m saying that today’s installment of Mopped Up Thorp is available:

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

P1, The ants scatter as the lovely Mrs. Ballard prepares to grab Chet by the throat.

P2, Rut-Roe, Chet, here comes The Flying Fickle Finger Of Fate.

P3, Chet’s gnarled, arthritic fingers are no match for the huge man hand of the lovely Mrs. Ballard.

P3 , Talk to the hand , Oh yeah, I ought to send to the Moon shut your pie hole. In all reality , Mr & Mrs Blowtop visit the Ruh’s.

P1- Mrs. Roh-Ballard is ready to execute the inverted Vulcan mind melt on Chet.

P3- After taking the pliers to his hand, The Jet won’t be writing polices, thanks to the Mrs.

“BUT I WAS ONLY TRYING TO…”, his only excuse for everything he’d done.

on top of his other sterling qualities, Chet is a cheapskate; look at how little he spent on the wedding ring! That’s not bling!

Slap him with that hand and put some mustard on it!

P3: Is Palmolive still softening hands while you do the dishes?

Way to go, Ms Roh! and can we please have those apologies “on camera”?

P4: After you apologize, I’m leaving you because I truly see who you are now.

If men listened every time a woman said not to do something, nothing would get done! Except the laundry and the dishes…

Wait- let him finish that sentence: Trying to..? What? Ruin a kid’s life to let your stepson advance at high school football? Trying to get the football coach fired because your stepson doesn’t get enough play time?

P1: I WILL NOT! And you can’t make me!

P 3: Thing makes a cameo

Was trying to remember all the sayings unique to this strip that we’ve been keeping alive. This newest, “Catch up, pal. No one cares.” might be destined to hang around. What else was there?

“Tap some keys”

“Hold the end with the rubber on it”

Tat slap? (Not really a saying, but kind of qualifies.)

“Too cool for school.” (This was was a real life saying, just not popular anymore. Or maybe ever.)

I’m forgetting many.