9/3/12
Time is getting away from the team here at TWIM, so here is as much random crap as we can throw at you 25 loyal readers:
Are those bootleg DVDs back there behind Terry Gallagher’s?
In case you’re wondering about the license plate, this isn’t the first MST 3K shoutout in Gil Thorp. The previous appearance of the license plate was on a totally different car, but to be fair, we couldn’t see the whole plate last time, so…oh my what a boring line of blogging. suffice to say, we are seeing Terry Gallagher getting drawn into football in some way.
9/4/12
Let’s recap: how can Terry get involved in football? What skills might he possess that will get him out onto the gridiron. We’ll put that on hold and focus on some odd language. What’s odder, the exotic foreign expression of Terry Gallagher: “Grand” or the home grown weirdness of Milford speak: “Buckos”?
On a positive note, it’s nice to know that Apex Industrial is hiring again, after the massive layoffs of 2009. Maybe they expanded into tattoo removal. What happened to Stefan’s ink?
Check out panel 3. Here’s one of the pitfalls of coloring this strip: Is that supposed to be Stefan Harvey’s hand or Chip Visci’s?
9/5/12
Is there another word to describe the Gallaghers’ accent other than “adorable”? Who are these two girls anyway? Just random Bucketheads who are a Milford Greek chorus singing the praises of Terry, announcing his hotness as perceived by Milford girls in general. Perhaps he has no sports skills, but will be taking ‘em to the Bucket with regularity.
His first victim just might be his new pal Chip’s girlfriend Cyndy Canty, brand new Grandma and world’s biggest Roger Daltry fan. She’s eying that adorable Irishman like a plate of peanut butter cookies!
Wow, Buckos at the Bucket!
Give Rubin a little bit of credit; he hasn’t had Terry say “Sure and Begorrah” yet. Although I’m hoping for a pickup line like “Hey girl, show me ya Lucky Charms and I’ll show ya me shillelagh!”
Comment by John Walters (@johnswalters) — September 5, 2012 @ 1:02 pm
Cyndy’s either got a really flat, wide rear end in those jeans — with a strange perineum crevice — or perhaps that is a denim skirt? Hope so.
Comment by Moon Mullins — September 5, 2012 @ 1:08 pm
Chip may think “Buckos” is some kind of Irish talk. That should be his hand.
Whigham should start dropping random body parts into the panels. It would be like Bizarro, but only body parts.
Comment by Dale — September 5, 2012 @ 3:24 pm
9/3 P2:WTF……is he going to the drag strip after showing Paddy O’furniture around? What size are those rear tires? and where’s the wheelie bar?
Comment by Knoxy — September 5, 2012 @ 7:10 pm
Good idea, Ruben! Go to summer football practice (which normally takes place at the end of July or early August), then go right to girl’s basketball. Skip football this year and showcase something else, like boy’s soccer. Are there any drug-dealing soccer players at Milford? What kind of tattoos do soccer players have? Think of all the new, but completely recycled, material you could throw out! And….and….SBone doesn’t need arms to coach soccer!
Comment by milfordian — September 5, 2012 @ 9:23 pm
When was the last time we had a big ol’ love triangle in Gil Thorp?
(I dunno, two sports seasons ago?)
Well, pardner, that’s been too long…
Comment by billytheskink — September 6, 2012 @ 7:04 am
As a card-carryin’ Mickey Finn I can testify that “grand” is on the level. Less sure about “mighty.”
Let’s see now. The Irish economy has gone bung since the big meltdown, but with GT being chronically a decade behind, it’s natural that Gallagher Sr would come to Milford with The Big Job. Now trying to figure out what role Terry will play. The budget gets cut, thus no football, and Terry shows Gil how to coach soccer? Or will Milford take up hurling? Think of it as a mix of field hockey and lacrosse, but without shinguards…
Sorry to say the actual event will probably be a lot milder and more predictable. Gallaher will become the kicker, and with a wicked case of blue balls over his countrywoman Molly Kinsella, will wide-right the critical kick, costing Milford yet another Small Pond Championship.
Comment by vaganova — September 6, 2012 @ 3:00 pm
I’m waiting for Gil to expose Micky McFinnigan as a fake Irishman and alert everyone that he’s actually Tony Leone from Brooklyn.
Speaking of Micky McFinnigan, do you think that Terry will be singing this about his not yet seen father? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCwGVlQ_eQo&feature=related
Stefan Dumbass “Somehow you don’t sound like you’re from Milford.” Mickey McFinnigan: “You’re very observant aren’t ye, me dumb bucko.”
Hey Kudos to Chief Whigham and Rubin for the MST 3K shout out. Who even knew that they knew about anything that was relevant after 1963? Do you think Chip’s mom bakes “biscuits” for Chip’s friends Crow, Servo and Gypsy?
Comment by reginathenydiva — September 7, 2012 @ 6:55 am
I found a dictionary of Irish slang. http://www.irishslang.co.za/print.htm
I’m going to have fun with this blarney, so be wide me buckos.
Comment by reginathenydiva — September 7, 2012 @ 7:01 am
We are properly alerted, Regina.
Comment by vaganova — September 7, 2012 @ 7:37 am
Thanks for that Apex link to a blast from the past.
Did you notice, in other tank-town news from that time, that Ashley Aiello’s mom “lost the Hobart listing” after “six months without a nibble”?
So, if Ashley’s mom had managed to unload Hobart’s craptastic rambler, we wouldn’t have had the school board-teachers plotline with Gil having to get all chesty after his hardware store detective work. Weird in a slavishly adhering-to-continuity sort of way.
Comment by Dood — September 7, 2012 @ 8:50 am