If we had a Hall of Fame for blog comments, this post yesterday by regular commenter VanillaMan would definitely be an inductee.

VanillaMan’s post was in response to the governor’s press release threatening to shut down the government if he doesn’t get what he wants out of the state budget…

“Hello 9-1-1?”

“Quick! Come to the Governor’s Mansion!”

“We have a jumper!”

And a few minutes later…

“Hey Captain?”

- “yeah”

“We’re at the Governor’s Mansion..”

- “Uh, huh”

“There’s a frazzled pugilist with nice hair standing on the roof of the Mansion threatening to jump if we don’t give him what he wants…”

- “OK - Whats the problem?”

“The General Assembly is crowded around him and are chanting, “JUMP!” “JUMP!” “JUMP - You Mother!” “JUMP!”

- “How does the guy look?”

“Happy, Captain - He’s waving at the cameras and giving everyone a big grin…”

- “Can anyone talk him down?”

“Yeah probably, but he says that if he jumps, he’s taking every state worker with him.”

- “How is he going to do that?”

“I don’t know what he means, but he is wearing some kind of a cape made out of a bed sheet…”

And this comment by Lainer on the same thread may wind up on a t-shirt…

Mississippi 1964: Freedom Summer
San Francisco 1967: Summer of Love
New York 1977: Summer of Sam
Illinois 2007: Endless Summer

Thanks much to Donald for the graphic.