* From a very serious story about sports concussions we get this…
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn got dinged big time playing quarterback for Hinsdale’s St. Isaac Jogues five decades ago. He wasn’t sure what to do until he heard a referee say, “Get up! Get up! Get up!”
He got up, but it wasn’t easy.
“I never saw the guy who hit me,” Quinn told the Chicago Tribune. “I was flat on my back. I don’t know if I got a concussion, but I really got leveled.”
And this…
“It’s very important that we understand that concussions aren’t just treated by spitting a little tobacco juice on it and going on,” Quinn said
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- Dirty Red - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 3:14 pm:
So a tax on tobacco is a tax on the best home remedy for concussions? Awesome.
- Leave a Light on George - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 3:15 pm:
Given your performance to date Pat, pretty sure you had a concussion.
- Leroy - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 3:19 pm:
he’s right, we’ve evolved beyond that as a solution. The standard practice is now ‘rubbing dirt on it.” Why are we still talking about this?
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 3:20 pm:
Didn’t Quinn go to Fenwick …
- I'm Just Saying - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 3:22 pm:
St. Issac Jogues is the Grade School out there….
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 3:26 pm:
Thanks for the clairification.
For a minute, I thought the concussions really got Quinn worse than we all think…
- He Makes Ryan Look Like a Saint - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 3:28 pm:
His post concussion syndrome seems to have lasted a LOOOOOONG time!!!
- Old Milwaukee - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 3:31 pm:
That little story explains a lot. A lot.
- Lil' Enchilada - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 3:33 pm:
Now I understand why Quinn is seen at so many groundbreaking events - he needs some dirt to rub on it!
- Old Milwaukee - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 3:36 pm:
What do you want to bet the guy who hit Quinn was a little safety for the other team named Madigan.
- Wilson Pickett - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 3:50 pm:
Let’s find out who nailed Quinn back then and see if we can get him to run on the GOP ticket for governor against him. The devil ( and sheer desperation with Quinn) made me say that. Sorry.
- Que Interesante - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 3:55 pm:
Two Quinn bashing posts in one day. New high score!
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 3:57 pm:
===Two Quinn bashing posts in one day.===
You obviously weren’t around during Rod’s reign of terror.
- Jaded - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 4:02 pm:
Apparently the Quinn bashing started 5 decades ago by the little guy who rung his bell on the football field so why shouldn’t we play along.
Also spitting tobacco juice on it?? Who is this guy, Josey Wales?
- Stones - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 4:10 pm:
Perhaps if he had been wearing the little yellow hard hat this wouldn’t have happened.
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 4:13 pm:
Stones, I was hoping somebody would make that connection.
- Boone Logan Square - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 4:22 pm:
*Cue Gerald Ford joke.*
- Stones - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 4:26 pm:
Too bad this caption contest isn’t worth a free beer or something!
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Jan 17, 12 @ 5:57 pm:
That explains why he defended Blago during the reelection campaign.