Another Chinese caption contest
Friday, Sep 23, 2011 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Gov. Pat Quinn Tweeted another photo of himself from China yesterday. This time he’s eating Asian Carp…
Have at it.
…Adding… A number of commenters and e-mailers have pointed out the similarity between the above photo and this one…
Heh.
* Related…
* Illinois launches Asian carp anti-hunger program
* Zhejiang, State of Illinois sign agreement to form school partnerships
* Chinese ambassador’s top priority: U.S. jobs: We know U.S. exports to China, in the decade 2000-2010, soared 468 percent to $91.9 billion, according to the U.S.-China Business Council. China is the third largest market for American goods and services, well behind Canada ($248.2 billion) and Mexico ($163.3 billion). But considering that the other two are contiguous to the U.S. and share a trade agreement, it’s not surprising that they would be the two largest trade partners. But, their growth rates were in the low double digits for the same decade.
* Xiamen C&D to buy 250,000 tons of Illinois corn products for $US70m
* Quinn announces biotech deal in China
- Spliff - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 9:48 am:
“Just signed a deal with China to sell them all this yummy Asian Carp!”
- Michelle Flaherty - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 9:50 am:
I’m sorry. that’s not “carp”. the menu has a typo. Same letters, different order.
Yum, yum, eat up Gov.
- Rich Miller - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 9:52 am:
Thought balloon: “OK, who came up with the bright idea of me eating this muck? I bet Abraham Lincoln, our greatest president, who was from Illinois, where I am governor and which is on the mighty Mississippi, the mightiest river in America, never had to eat crud like this, even if it did create J-O-B-S and helped us double our exports. Hmmm. That gives me an idea. I should send one of these dead carps to Rahm. Maybe he’ll get the message.”
- Ron Burgundy - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 9:52 am:
Come to Illinois! It’s Carptastic!
- Fed up - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 9:53 am:
Soy Boy shovels Schezwan delicacy
- Fed up - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 9:55 am:
They guy behind him has the look of wow he’s really going to eat that.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 9:56 am:
Asian Carp … Taste like chicken, without the chicken taste!
- OneMan - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 9:57 am:
You know you add some V-8 to this it wouldn’t be half bad…
- anonymoose - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 9:57 am:
I proclaim this better than “Tripe a la mode du Quinn.” (Where the heck is Patty Blagojevich when I need someone to eat something for me?)
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 9:59 am:
Choosey Governors Choose Asian Carp
- OneMan - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 9:59 am:
You know Charles Darwin, he wasn’t from Illinois but Abraham Lincoln was once commented that the three eyed Asian Carp is a step forward in evolution, it is in fact a better fish.
- OneMan - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:00 am:
Sadly the Carp Horseshoe did not take off despite Pat’s best efforts.
- Rich Miller - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:01 am:
“Where are the chopsticks? Why am I eating with a fork? For crying out loud, if I’m gonna do a Chinese photo op, shouldn’t I be eating like a Chinese person? Who advanced this event? Heads will roll. Speaking of which, no egg rolls? What kinda dinner is this? They always have egg rolls at China Delight near my house. And chopsticks. They always have chopsticks. I miss home.”
- Well, Well, Well. - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:02 am:
The People of the State of Illinois know that these fish will jump right into your boat, and this one will jump right on to my plate and into my mouth.
- JustMe - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:02 am:
“I normally eat public utilities for lunch.”
- Rich Miller - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:03 am:
JustMe, I got a big laugh outta that one. Well played.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:04 am:
Moments after this picture was taken, James Bond, an import/export specialist from England tackled the Illinois governor preventing Governor Quinn from eating Asian Carp.
Mr. Bond then turned to the gentleman behind Quinn stating, “Well, Dr. No, you plot to rule all American governors ends here. I don’t have the ’stomach’ for it.”
Mr. Bond then took the other fork, did a 360 in the air and hopped into a running Aston Martin that no one had seen until Bond jumped in.
- Fed Up - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:04 am:
You’re kidding me, right ? You actually eat this stuff ?
- wordslinger - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:04 am:
PQ: “So this is what Madigan meant when he told me I could eat…”
- Bigtwich - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:04 am:
No, what is it really?
- Fed Up - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:05 am:
Smile, you’re on Candid Camera
- Modest Proposal - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:06 am:
In Illinois our Asian carp is electrified
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:06 am:
I can think of all kinds of captions. Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure any one of them would cause Rich to ban me for life.
- Captain Illini - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:07 am:
Tastes Like Chicken! Did I tell you I grew chickens as a boy?
- Former Titan - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:08 am:
“Hey Chang — Bet you $32 Yuan that I can fit this whole thing in my mouth!”
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:08 am:
Here’s one Rich might allow: Why is it the most appitising thing on the platter is the green foliage???
- anon - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:09 am:
Let the will of the People’s Republic of China be the law of the land.
- Captain Illini - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:09 am:
I usually like my fish cooked…but you guys like it raw eh?…Okay, so down the hatch right???
- Stones - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:12 am:
The smile says it all. I used to smile like that too when my mother made me eat carrots.
- Fed Up - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:12 am:
I can think of a few places I’d love to shove this
- Whatever - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:15 am:
During an appearance in his campaign for Governor, Mr. Burns tries to choke down a piece of a three-eyed fish recently caught in Lake Springfield.
- anon sequitor - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:17 am:
Gov Quinn tastes the newest Lake Michigan Carp dish.
- Stones - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:18 am:
Damn, that’s good carp!
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:18 am:
I do not like carp. And I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I’m Governor of Illinois and I’m not going to eat any more carp.
- BW - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:25 am:
Just think of the new fish markets we would open up in Chicago if we raised these carp in Lake Michigan.
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:26 am:
“AH Delicious…, you say is not made out asian carp but its gǒuròu… what is gǒuròu anyway? “
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:32 am:
The Nation holds its breath as it waits to see whether China’s clever and dastardly plot to serve Quinn Carp at an informal dinner will result in an incident similar to the broccoli situation of the 90s.
- Ghost of John Brown - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:33 am:
“OK, so I eat this &*#@ with a smile on my face and you agree to buy another 500,000 tons of corn, right? Ugg, the things I do for this State. Next thing you know I’ll have to wear a Packers jersey.”
- Bluefish - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:34 am:
I do not like this carp and yam,
I do not like it Gov I am,
I will not eat it in wok toss,
I will not eat it in red sauce,
I will not eat it with white rice,
I will not eat it but red wine is nice,
I will not eat it with that cuke,
I will not eat it or I think I’ll puke,
I will not eat it, that camera’s on(?),
I better eat it, think of Rahm.
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:37 am:
Anonymous 10:26, you’re missing a few words there.
- Rich Miller - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:41 am:
Gonna be hard to top Bluefish. Pure genius.
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:43 am:
lol Way to go, Bluefish!
- 47th Ward - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:45 am:
Red wine with carp? How gauche.
- Cincinnatus - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:45 am:
I love lasagna.
- Kurt - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:49 am:
(I think I’m gonna be sick.)
- Poilitical Junkie - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:49 am:
Alright now that i am done taking this stupid photo bring me a chicago style hot dog
- just sayin' - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:52 am:
I told you the American would eat it! You owe me 10 yuan.
- Rahm's Parking Meter - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:56 am:
Now, when can we start selling this at the Thompson Center Food Court?
- 47th Ward - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:56 am:
A bottom-feeding invasive species with a voracious appetite that accidentally infested Illinois, which would love to send it to China and be rid of it forever, pictured here eating some fish.
- VanillaMan - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:57 am:
This. is. a. FORK.
FFFORRRK!
In the land I come from we do not use chop sticks.
We use these!
FFFORRRKS!
- Stones - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 10:58 am:
“Do I have any bones in my teeth?”
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:00 am:
Hello, V-Man!
- VanillaMan - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:02 am:
FFFORRRK!
I. will. now. fork. this carp.
See me forking this carp?
FFFORRRK!
- Scott McCOY - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:02 am:
Let’s not tell the people back home that this is crow!
- 42nd Ward - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:06 am:
Rat for Pat.
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:07 am:
You tell ‘em V-Man!!! (umm…Quinn.)
- VanillaMan - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:08 am:
After how I have treated State Employees, I am like this carp. I am forked. You can stick a fork in me! For the cost of this trip I could make payroll.
FFFORRRK!
- Arthur Andersen - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:10 am:
“Carpe Diem!”
- Jake From Elwood - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:10 am:
I haven’t seen Quinn smile this much since the White Sox won the World Series. No chance of that happening in the coming years….
Sorry Rich
- wordslinger - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:11 am:
Outside my public swimming pool and ice rink, there’s a plaque honoring the boys of Oak Park who helped “put down the Boxer Rebellion in Peking” in 1901.
On the wall in my office, there’s the famous poster of the Chinese shopper staring down three tanks in the streets of Beijing in 1989.
In a century or so where humanity has experienced unprecedented and bewildering change, nowhere is it more pronounced than in China.
In 1901, China was a subjugated land, carved up into spheres of influence by Europe, Russia, Japan and the United States.
Today, it’s a unified Communist state that just so happens to be the sweetheart of the rodeo of international capitalism.
In between, there was the kleptocracy of Chiang, brutal invasion by Japan, war with the United States in Korea, famine, murderous cult-of-personality of Mao and so much more. It’s dizzying.
Yet my mind goes back to the summer of 1989, when I was mesmerized watching on TV as a few thousand of China’s best and brightest took to Tiannemen Square, erected a paper maiche Statue of Liberty and demanded from their dictators basic individual rights for a quarter of humanity.
Of course, we all know what happened. The cowardly gangsters of the Communist Party pulled the plug on the international community and murdered their children under the cover of darkness.
It’s a cold world, and you have to deal with bad people. But I won’t pretend that I like it, and I won’t celebrate it.
The survivors of Tiannemen have to be hitting middle age now, perhaps ready to take the reins of power from the old guard. One can only wish. In recent decades, change has proven to be rapid in China. I hope my shopping buddy is around to see it, too.
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:14 am:
And AA???!!! What a great day at CapFax!
- SAP - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:15 am:
Call me Carp Boy.
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:15 am:
Woops! Forgot to include *giggles* in my last post.
*still giggling*
- Dirty Red - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:16 am:
Gov. Quinn’s bad taste is not limited to his ties.
- VanillaMan - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:16 am:
FFFORRRK!
Um Governor? We make the forks you use in Chicago. We know what a fork is.
OK. Hmmm….See this? It is a SSSPOOOOONN!
- dupage dan - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:17 am:
Hey, I ordered from column B. This is from column C. I hate this cr@p, I mean carp.
- hammer - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:20 am:
Check his napkin…
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:20 am:
“Why a spoon, cousin?”
“Because it’s dull you, TWIT!”
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:22 am:
Finally repaying a bet with the Governor of Zhejiang province over whether the Bulls would win the NBA title, Gov. Pat Quinn eats Asian Carp, Zhejiang-style.
- VanillaMan - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:22 am:
As you have seen repeatedly, I will swallow anything.
My problem is keeping whatever I swallow, down.
- mike n ike - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:22 am:
Don’t worry I am a good friend of Obama and he’s good for all the money he borrowed from you guys.
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:24 am:
Anon 11:22: IMPOSTORE!!!
- Jake From Elwood - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:24 am:
Is the Governor washing down his Carp Marsala with White Zin or is that Pink Lemonade? Either way, pretty lame.
- Boone's is Back - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:24 am:
This sure beats McDonlad’s!
- VanillaMan - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:25 am:
Look at this bill!
It looks like I owe $9 Billion!
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:26 am:
=It looks like I owe $9 Billion!=
We’ll take it in small bills, thank you.
- Moderate - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:43 am:
Cheers! This is much better than the crow I am always eating back in Illinois.
- 10th Indy - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:44 am:
The governor of Illinois
Went to china with a fresh ploy
He asked with a grin
Wiping soy from his chin
Don’t you love this midwestern koi?!?
- GMatts - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:45 am:
“Stick a fork in it…he’s done”
- DSch - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 11:56 am:
“This isn’t the food I overnighted from Chicago, via UPS, a great union employer and job creator in my state of Illinois”
- Six Degrees of Separation - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 12:07 pm:
“Who put the Venus Flytraps in my dish?”
- too obvious - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 12:08 pm:
Just a serious observation. Quinn looks terrified, like Mr. Burns in the Simpsons episode where he had to eat the 3-eyed fish in front of the cameras during his failed bid for governor.
- Dirty Red - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 12:10 pm:
@too obvious
I was thinking of that same episode.
- Dooley Dudright - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 12:14 pm:
“This is Cantonese? We have a town in Illinois called Canton! In mighty Fulton County. I’ve never been there, but they tell me it’s nice. And we also have a city called Pekin! Pekin, Illinois, home of Everett Dirksen and the mighty Marigold Festival…..”
- Fed Up - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 12:16 pm:
I would just like to point out that we have Asian Carp in Illinois also, in the river named after the great state, the Illinois River, a river where barges bring goods and commotities to the people of Illinois, good people, hard working people, people who farm, people who work in factories, barbers, doctors, lawyers, electrifiers of fish.
- Justice - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 12:22 pm:
i could be at Boone’s Saloon having a very, very cold one, but nooooooo, I’m eating the fish Rahm sent me.
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 12:37 pm:
=Red wine with carp? How gauche.=
Actually, in this case, 47th, it seems quite fitting.
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 12:51 pm:
(Awwww…I love the picture of you and Wasan, Rich. She IS so beautiful–and the two of you look so happy together! You’re a very lucky man. What joy!)
- Happy Returns - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 1:26 pm:
“Ok, so I heard the part about how you’re Chinese, and that you played a joke, what this about my Coke?”
- Irish - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 1:46 pm:
caption == Guy in back left to guy in back middle. ” They’ll do anything for money won’t they?”
Unbelievable similarity between the two cartoons.
I don’t know if anyone has seen these landing in boats when they jump but red sauce is the last thing I would want to cook them in.
- cermak_rd - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 1:49 pm:
How large do you think Quinn’s thought bubble is?
- Johnnie F. - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 1:53 pm:
I don’t know why those state employees complain so much. Look what you can get for your $28 per diem!!!
- formerwrmnpolitics - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 1:57 pm:
Give it to Pat, he’ll eat anything!
- D.P. Gumby - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 2:13 pm:
“Hey, we’ll give it to Mikey. He doesn’t like anything. Hey, Mikey…”
- Full Circle - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 2:17 pm:
Gov. Quinn pauses during China trip to extract another pound of flesh from Illinois state employees.
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 2:20 pm:
Man Vs. Food visits China. If the Governor finishes he gets his name on the Great Wall.
- Retired Non-Union Guy - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 2:30 pm:
Pat stages another photo op in his quest to win a bet on how many times he can get Rich to make his photo the caption contest of the day …
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 2:43 pm:
Union Guy might have a bit of a point–especially if Quinn’s bet is with Kirk. I was half expecting today’s pic to be of Kirk decorating his DC office.
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 2:58 pm:
Rich, just some food for thought: Maybe we’re getting too good at the single photo caption contests, and need something more challenging every once in a while. I think I remember your posting TWO photos in a contest a while back–a “before and after” train wreck where I reported on the “alleged” goings-on in Kirk’s office where he was spinning a globe to “undo” the wreck.
Might be interesting to try out a more “bipartisan” approach, posting a pic of a D and an R and asking us to come up with a caption that relates the two.
- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 23, 11 @ 3:02 pm:
Clean-up on aisle 3:00 pm!