101 Comments - Been There - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:27 am: Maybe the lunch they are getting is better than they are getting at home and they just to keep coming back. I know I feel that way when someone has good cookies. - Cincinnatus - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:28 am: They are getting free lunches from some of the best delis downtown and are staying for the food. - Cincinnatus - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:29 am: BWHAHAH. Great minds think alike, Been There, but some type faster. - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:29 am: The only man on the jury is Pauly Shore? - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:30 am: They’re waiting until the Sox beat the Cubs? - Timmeh - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:30 am: The man on the jury likes the ratio of ladies to himself and has been trying to prolong the verdict as long as possible. - Rich Miller - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:31 am: Careful, 47th. - Cincinnatus - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:33 am: The jury is still deliberating on how Rod does that thing with his hair. Would be out even longer if Trump was the defendant. - Rich Miller - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:33 am: They’re not quite finished watching Andy Warhol’s epic film Empire. - Bluefish - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:34 am: Rock. Paper. Scissors. - Cincinnatus - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:34 am: Each time they play a tape of Rod swearing, the older ladies faint and need resuscitation. - Rich Miller - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:35 am: LOL, Cincinattus. Hilarious. - Wensicia - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:35 am: I’m sure the jurors will get to the charges after they’re done exchanging recipes. - MrJM - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:36 am: I suspect that there is money riding on the Cubs-Sox series and that no one is going home until the winners are paid. It’s the only explanation that makes any sense. – MrJM - Cincinnatus - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:37 am: Traffic. - Aldyth - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:38 am: They’re participating in Survivor - The Blago Jury. Who will be voted off the island? - Sporty41 - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:42 am: This thing is @)#($*& Golden; free lunch and Dinner. - Yellow Dog Democrat - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:45 am: Playing “Hangman”? - Wensicia - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:46 am: @MrJM Today’s betting is on which inning Ozzie gets ejected from the next game. - Cincinnatus - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:47 am: Aldyth, Rod may be the last man standing. Think about it. - Irish - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:48 am: The reason is - If a man makes a statement in a closed room with eleven woemen is he always wrong? - Cincinnatus - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:50 am: They are trying to write down their verdict, but can’t spell Blagoof, Blagoaway, Blagoonabit Blagojevich. - nothin's easy - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:51 am: They’re dissecting the difference between these charges and oil subsidies and how much the bus rides are costing. - 32nd Ward Roscoe Village - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 11:55 am: Irish: That was pepsi-on-the-keyboard worthy. Seriously, there are 70 pages of jury instructions, people–it is going to take some time if they want to be careful. - Irish - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:00 pm: 32nd ward. Thanks - We just moved my daughter into Roscoe Village. Hadn’t been there before. Very nice. Love the area. - Cook County Commoner - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:01 pm: They’re firming up book and media appearance deals before they send Rod to the slam with George Ryan. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:01 pm: They have been done for days. The focus of their discussions center on Godfather 3 - Does it take away from the first two Godfather movies, AND if Godfather 3 should have even been made … Take our verdit, but LEAVE the Cannoli, will ya? - Nuance - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:02 pm: According to my wife, the man on the jury (she assumes is like me) keeps asking “What did you say?” and the women have to keep repeating everything they say. Thus it will take them two times longer to finish than expected. - 10th Voter - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:04 pm: They’re waiting to see which side will “donate” more to their verdict fund, with the third option being a verdict of Roland Burris. - bored now - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:13 pm: deciding what to wear tomorrow… - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:13 pm: “By sundown tomorrow” they will be done. They are waiting on 2 jurors votes in that they think haven’t been counted … - Way Way Down Here - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:14 pm: Listening to the tapes and trying to grasp the “context”. - WhoKnew - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:16 pm: Probably settled on the charges 2 days ago — But still don’t have a consensus on that nagging question, “Boxers or Briefs”. - 32nd Ward Roscoe Village - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:18 pm: The women refuse to leave until the man remembers to put the seat down in the jury washroom? - Loop Lady - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:19 pm: They can’t decide if what Blago did was criminal or just business as usual in this State…not snarky,just sayin… - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:20 pm: Henry Fonda is trying to convince Ed Begley, Jack Warden, and E. G. Marshall that you can’t see through an EL Train when Rod was saying how “Bleeping” Golden that Senate seat was … - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:23 pm: they are double-checking on “Who ordered the Code Red” … - nieva - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:26 pm: They started a Quilt and are almost done. - Been There - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:28 pm: ===Forman of Jury: === Should be Foreman. Sorry about that - Dirt Digger - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:29 pm: Oh man that’s an easy one. They got into the eternal mountain of coke Rod got as a perk in his deal with the devil. - Loving It - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:30 pm: Deciding how many more years to add for the perjury charges. - Rich Miller - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:30 pm: DD, nice combination of two posts. lol - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:32 pm: They are re-hashing the Boo Radley testimony and the Atticus Finch Cross-Examination … - Way Way Down Here - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:35 pm: Someone watched it over the weekend and now they can’t agree on what the ending of “Inception” meant. - Anonymous - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:36 pm: Have been trying to convince the Judge to let them ask Donald Trump if he would announce the verdict. - Cincinnatus - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:39 pm: They will remain until Chicago Code is renewed. - Cincinnatus - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:40 pm: Or perhaps they are debating how Rod would have affected the hunt for UBL. - unclesam - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:41 pm: Grand scale game of Risk for world domination. The one male juror is solidly fortified on Greenland and on his next turn he’ll receive enough reinforcements to finally defeat the female amazon warriors. - Newsclown - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:43 pm: 20 charges, assume they need a day to do each one. I’d be surprised if they come in earlier than that. Pleasantly surprised, maybe. If you’ve ever tried to get only five people in your office to agree on pizza topping or sandwich orders, you’ll realize the jury has a lot more work to do. - Cincinnatus - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 12:44 pm: They dropped their 20-sided dice and can’t find it. - Vote Quimby! - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 1:03 pm: Still talking with some of JJJ’s people about what they can get for a verdict… - The End Is Near - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 1:05 pm: The jurors are still trying to figure out why Blago provided testimony about Aunt Helen, Miss Dibble and Robert F. Kennedy, and what those three individuals have to do with the case. - Stones - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 1:05 pm: My guess is that they are trying to decide if Rod is just an idiot or if this entire media campaign the last 2 years has been designed as an elaborate defense. - Bemused - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 1:05 pm: Probably 11 not guilty and one holdout. - Kerfuffle - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 1:06 pm: The majority of the jury has day 11 in the pool. - Old Milwaukee - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 1:08 pm: They are delayed because of a severe lack of testicular virility on the jury. - Heckler, Curmudgeon & General Malcontent - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 1:10 pm: The jury has been forced to reconvene and reconsider all 20 counts after Judge Zagel rejected the jury’s initial decision that the verdict will be decided by a ‘Thunderdome’ style death match between Blago’s hair and PFitz… Zagel announced that a death-match could not take place until a third hung jury, at which point it becomes standard operating procedure. Although it can take a long time to finish a Perry’s sandwich too, so the free lunch theory might be spot on. - Edison Parker - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 1:11 pm: They don’t have AC at home. - Farker - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 1:15 pm: Old Milwaukee wins lol - Heckler, Curmudgeon & General Malcontent - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 1:32 pm: Didn’t you know… the new IL gambling legislation didn’t just allow slot machines in the airports, but in the jury room too. I hear Juror #8 is up big, but Juror #4 may be checking into Gamblers Anonymous tonight, delaying the verdict further. - Cincinnatus - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 1:40 pm: The juror named WATSON cannot figure it out. - And I Approved This Message - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 1:48 pm: They’ve agreed on Colonel Mustard and the candlestick. But two jurors think it was in the conservatory and the other 10 are adament it was in the dining room. Could be a long wait. - Cincinnatus - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 1:49 pm: Every time they hear Rod on a tape, the female jurors swoon. - Fantasma - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 1:51 pm: 11 women, come on, sometimes we like to talk (and talk, and talk, and talk….) - Miss Marie - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 1:52 pm: They already have the verdict figured out. However, due to an abundant amount of inspiration, the jurors are working on a new version of “Hairspray,” the musical. I heard it’s going to be Bleeping Golden. - Joe from Joliet - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 1:57 pm: Jurors are dreamily musing about touching Rod’s hair once, just once. - PublicServant - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 1:59 pm: The Jury thing is F’in golden and they’re not giving it up for F’in nothin. What’s the judge willing to givem? Appreciation? F that! - He Makes Ryan Look Like a Saint - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 1:59 pm: They enjoy their free subscription to Capitol Fax! - South Side Mike - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 2:05 pm: Wondering if Blagojevich would vow to “find the real corrupt governor” if acquitted. - South Side Mike - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 2:08 pm: The jury, upset with Blago for getting impeached and leaving Illinois with Governor Quinn, is trying to figure out how to add additional counts to the indictment. - Anonymous - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 2:09 pm: My guess, 10 of them have picked out who will play them in the movie, however two holdout jurors both want to be played by Julia Roberts, since neither is relenting…we wait. - South Side Mike - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 2:13 pm: The jury is trying to make sense of the notes written on the wrappers of the lunches that were delivered. The complained to the delivery man, Bill, who promised to write more legibly in the future. - Jake From Elwood - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 2:14 pm: Figuring out how many $18 daily jury stipends they need to accumulate to get the new Margarita mixer at Bed Bath & Beyond. And of course, Sudoku. - Jimmy CrackCorn - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 2:16 pm: They are scratching Elvis records backwards, attempting to pick up any subliminal messages that may have triggered the defendant’s psychosis. They have gone through the discography in chronological order and are supposedly already up to the King’s 1975 album, ‘Promised Land.’ So we can expect a verdict in the next day or two… - Cincinnatus - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 2:20 pm: The jury is waiting for Rod to change his affiliation to Republican since it is well known that this type of behavior is never found in Democrats. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 2:22 pm: There is a stalemate on the ending of “The Sopranos” - Did Tony die, Did Tony AND his Family die, less his daughter, or is David Chase just messin’ withall of us with the silence…It’s gonna be a while - What planet is he from again? - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 2:27 pm: They’re waiting to see what Oprah recommends. - Cincinnatus - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 2:33 pm: It has been decided to convict the tape recorder on two counts of lying to the Feds. - Ghost of John Brown - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 2:33 pm: Watching reruns of “I’m a Celebrity, get me out of Here” - Hickory - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 2:44 pm: They are sewing a prison suit for the X Gov. They can’t figure out how to put the flap in the back. - walter sobchak - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 2:47 pm: In this economy $18/day is a lot of money. They’ll milk it for all it’s worth. - amalia - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 3:06 pm: no surprise that the jury did not come in with a verdict. the jurors are probably fighting over the ending of “The Killing” on AMC on Sunday evening. maybe someone fudged the Blago evidence like Holder faked the photo of Richmond. but, but, he’s so good looking! - Retired Non-Union Guy - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 3:19 pm: Getting out the the spouse’s hair every day! - Retired Non-Union Guy - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 3:21 pm: Arguing over which juror gets to give Rod his prison haircut … - Retired Non-Union Guy - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 3:22 pm: 3:19 should have read “Getting out of their spouse’s hair every day” - Retired Non-Union Guy - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 3:24 pm: Walter, that’s $18 *plus* mileage - Cincinnatus - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 3:45 pm: The jurors are working on the Illinois clock, you know, broken. - PublicServant - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 3:59 pm: They’re Republicans that don’t believe in the jury system, feel it’s a waste of money, and have voted for a jury shutdown as a symbolic gesture to protest government spending. The jury system is broken, and tinkering around the edges won’t help. It needs to be abolished, and replaced with guilt or innocence determined by the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago. - NIref - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 4:01 pm: The jurors received their union cards before deliberations. - Rich Miller - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 4:04 pm: The jurors are Ayn Rand followers and have gone Gault. - JustaJoe - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 4:06 pm: They’re making sure that they dot every “i” and cross every “t” in “guilty” on each of the charges. - Cincinnatus - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 4:19 pm: JustaJoe, Leaving the “T” in NOT uncrossed? - Retired Non-Union Guy - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 4:35 pm: Waiting for their passports to be issued … so they can flee the country after the verdict! - CircularFiringSquad - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 4:41 pm: As the workforces shuffles to the parking lot, one might guess the jury is saying something like “why didn’t the G go with the epidemic of hiring fraud” rather than the tapes of crimes Blagoof was too dumb/too lazy to pull off? We would have had verdict in about 20 minutes” - jt - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 4:52 pm: Makes for a longer book. - x ace - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 5:11 pm: Ain’t signing no Verdict forms til the Racetrack payment comes in. - Boone Logan Square - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 5:15 pm: Gone Gault? Rich, are they Rand fans or ‘85 Bears fans? (If the latter, wouldn’t they go Ditka?) - anon - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 5:16 pm: Lots of jokes. heres the reality…hung jury on all counts. - waitress practing politics... - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 6:22 pm: they are watching the Casey Anthony trial? - Quizzical - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 6:48 pm: They are going back and forth about what is the most absurd thing Rod said in his testimony. When Juror #8 imitated Rod saying that he would go to Afganistan to get Ben Laden, they laughed for half of day 5. - Liberty First - Tuesday, Jun 21, 11 @ 10:39 pm: They are waiting for the legislature to give them a pension. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.