PQ: She had the best soriee’s during my Inaugural Ball weekend.
JBT: Well Pat we all know that you didn’t have the money so someone had to step up to the plate.
Wilt thou be gone? it is not yet near day:
It was the nightingale, and not the lark,
That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear;
Nightly she sings on yon pomegranate-tree:
Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.
PQ
It was the lark, the herald of the morn,
No nightingale: look, love, what envious streaks
Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east:
Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
- Smurfs on Parade - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 1:34 pm:
Not sure What the Caption should say but its title should “The Tweetles, Dumb and Dee Solve the Budget”
You say eether and I say eyether,
You say neether and I say nyther,
Eether, eyether, neether, nyther,
Let’s call the whole thing off!
You like potato and I like potahto,
You like tomato and I like tomahto,
Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto!
Let’s call the whole thing off!
Meet Patrick, who’s stayed most everywhere,
From Red Roof Inns even in Logan Square.
While Judy’s Vans have seen the sights.
From Carbondale to Chicago Heights …
What a crazy pair!
But they’re cousins,
Identical cousins all the way.
One pair of matching bookends,
Different as night and day.
Where Patrick adores a Purple tie,
A Union Hall, and Manny’s Pie,
Our Judy loves the cats and dogs,
She’s even read Rich Miller’s Blog …
What a crazy pair!
Still, they’re cousins,
Identical cousins and you’ll find,
They laugh alike, they walk alike,
At times they even talk alike …
You can lose your mind,
When cousins are two of a kind.
On November 13, Pat Quinn was asked to remove himself from his place of residence. That request came from his wife. Deep down, he knew she was right, but he also knew that someday, he would return to her. With nowhere else to go, he appeared at the home of his childhood friend, Judy Baar Topinka. Sometime earlier, Topinka’s husband had thrown her out, requesting that she never return. Can two Illinois politicians share an apartment without driving each other crazy?
Quinn: Tell that lady in the beer garden that she can order all the Mai Tai’s she wants and I’ll pay for all of it at the end of the night.
Topinka: Oh no! Neither you or I is going to fall for that. He’s pulled that dine and dash nonsense at every other place in town. It’s only because the renovations took so long that you don’t know about it.
Fine. I’ll play the muse, but V-Man obviously has to chime in and “tweak” the lyrics. (And I know you’re “listening” V-Man. Come out come out wherever you are.)
Pat Quinn ” Who cares about paying bills on time, it’s not my money anyway.”
Judy ” I know , I’ve got to pretend to be concerned. Pat, I think it’s funny when you keep talking about Chicago public education as an investment. I think you could be the CEO of Freddie Mac someday.”
Q) How many governors does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A) PQ, “The lightbulb, while not invented in Illinois, has been used to illuminate the state ever since Edison brought it here. Shining the light on our homes and businesses and making government more transparent. Like a lamp shade only better. As I travel around the state I feel fortunate that I can drive at night because of the lightbulb. I have been told there is one in my refrigerator that turns off when I shut the door. I hardly ever go in there so I can’t be sure. Now, when a lightbulb burns out it should be replaced. That’s not like fumigation, however. That requires the general assembly. Changing a lightbulb should not require so much effort but it is harder than you think. That’s why we need the whole state to come together, north/south, Chicago/downstate, rural/urban, democrat and republican, so long as the GOP does it my way.
A) JBT, “get outta my way, baldy and get me a step ladder”.
- reformer - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 10:21 am:
“This lady makes more sense than most Republicans.”
- Spliff - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 10:23 am:
PQ “and you think I am crazy? Just think if this one would have won!”
- Lame - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 10:25 am:
“Don’t pin the mess on me…I just do the books.”
- Stones - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 10:27 am:
PQ: I’m with Stupid
JBT: Not so fast fella! My cat could do a better job running this state than you.
- wordslinger - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 10:28 am:
“Fear of an Illini Planet” by P. Quinny with Tupanka premieres at #1 on the Billboard 100.
- Springfield Skeptic - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 10:30 am:
Just ignore the woman on my left. I am the great and powerful OZ!!!
- The Captain - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 10:34 am:
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
- MrJM - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 10:35 am:
Worst Paradise by the Dashboard Light Karaoke Ever
– MrJM
- amalia - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 10:42 am:
Not hairy pictured next to scary.
- Jake From Elwood - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 10:43 am:
The co-founders of the Blago prison fanclub.
- Anonymous - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 10:59 am:
The Captain and Topinka doing their version of “Shop Around.”
- mark walker - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 11:08 am:
Pat: “It could be worse”.
Judy: “It is”.
- OurMagician - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 11:19 am:
PQ-”What’s she thinking?”
JBT-”Oh crap, not again….”
- Irish - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 11:32 am:
PQ - “You gonna listen to her? She used to dance with George Ryan. Remember - honest Rod..er I mean Mr. Blagojevich showed you that.”
JBT - “Hold on there Fozzie Boy. You don’t even know where you keep your underwear, no wonder you can’t run the state.”
Or
Clueless and Clued -in
- mokenavince - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 11:38 am:
Judy I love you. JBT. Sweet talker I love you to.
- Boone's is Back - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 11:38 am:
Oh no you did not just bring up that Polka commercial!
- too obvious - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 12:03 pm:
tweetle dee and tweetle dum
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 12:21 pm:
PQ - “You took on Rod”
JBT - “You ran from Rod”
PQ - “He was the worst”
JBT - “He was a Clod”
Both “Ah yes, I remember it well”
PQ - “I got sworn in”
JBT - “I saw that too”
PQ - “You won next time”
JBT - “And so did you”
Both - “Ah yes, I remember it well”
…
- Anonymous - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 12:54 pm:
JBT - I’m rubber and you’re glue, your words and actions will bounce off me and stick to you!
PQ - I’m Mr. Shifter, before it can bounce back, I’ll move.
- MeAgain - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 12:59 pm:
“I’m bald and incompetent? Well she a redhead and nuts!”
- Palatine - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 1:09 pm:
PQ: She had the best soriee’s during my Inaugural Ball weekend.
JBT: Well Pat we all know that you didn’t have the money so someone had to step up to the plate.
- Bigtwich - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 1:19 pm:
JBT
Wilt thou be gone? it is not yet near day:
It was the nightingale, and not the lark,
That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear;
Nightly she sings on yon pomegranate-tree:
Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.
PQ
It was the lark, the herald of the morn,
No nightingale: look, love, what envious streaks
Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east:
Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
- Smurfs on Parade - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 1:34 pm:
Not sure What the Caption should say but its title should “The Tweetles, Dumb and Dee Solve the Budget”
- In absentia - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 1:40 pm:
You say eether and I say eyether,
You say neether and I say nyther,
Eether, eyether, neether, nyther,
Let’s call the whole thing off!
You like potato and I like potahto,
You like tomato and I like tomahto,
Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto!
Let’s call the whole thing off!
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 2:00 pm:
Meet Patrick, who’s stayed most everywhere,
From Red Roof Inns even in Logan Square.
While Judy’s Vans have seen the sights.
From Carbondale to Chicago Heights …
What a crazy pair!
But they’re cousins,
Identical cousins all the way.
One pair of matching bookends,
Different as night and day.
Where Patrick adores a Purple tie,
A Union Hall, and Manny’s Pie,
Our Judy loves the cats and dogs,
She’s even read Rich Miller’s Blog …
What a crazy pair!
Still, they’re cousins,
Identical cousins and you’ll find,
They laugh alike, they walk alike,
At times they even talk alike …
You can lose your mind,
When cousins are two of a kind.
- jt - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 2:08 pm:
Get her version of the National Anthem.
- BW - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 2:17 pm:
Waffle Man vs Marlboro Woman
- Anonymous - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 2:58 pm:
After longs hours of wardrobe, make up and preening, Pat Quinn appears as his drag queen alter ego “Crazy Aunt Judy.”
- 3rd Generation Chicago - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 2:58 pm:
PQ “It could be a lot worse, this could be your Governor”
JBT “Hold on there Mister, could be worse than what?”
- soupperk - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 3:02 pm:
Is this the best we can do when seeking an honest politician?
- Bluefish - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 3:26 pm:
On November 13, Pat Quinn was asked to remove himself from his place of residence. That request came from his wife. Deep down, he knew she was right, but he also knew that someday, he would return to her. With nowhere else to go, he appeared at the home of his childhood friend, Judy Baar Topinka. Sometime earlier, Topinka’s husband had thrown her out, requesting that she never return. Can two Illinois politicians share an apartment without driving each other crazy?
- zatoichi - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 4:11 pm:
“Her?”
“What’s it to ya!”
- Tough Guy - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 6:58 pm:
PQ-She was the one who did the Polka with George Ryan
JBT-Wait a minute, it was just one dance
- Quizzical - Monday, Jan 23, 12 @ 8:43 pm:
Quinn: Tell that lady in the beer garden that she can order all the Mai Tai’s she wants and I’ll pay for all of it at the end of the night.
Topinka: Oh no! Neither you or I is going to fall for that. He’s pulled that dine and dash nonsense at every other place in town. It’s only because the renovations took so long that you don’t know about it.
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Jan 24, 12 @ 1:18 am:
Fine. I’ll play the muse, but V-Man obviously has to chime in and “tweak” the lyrics. (And I know you’re “listening” V-Man. Come out come out wherever you are.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xixX75qksjc
- northernIL - Tuesday, Jan 24, 12 @ 4:24 am:
It appears a few people think that together, they make quite the poetic couple.
- northernIL - Tuesday, Jan 24, 12 @ 4:40 am:
JBT: I’ll never let go, Pat. I’ll never let go.
PQ: I have ten bucks in my pocket and won this ticket in a lucky hand of poker.
“Iceberg, right ahead!”
:::ship sinks, JBT gets on a boat, PQ relaxes in the bottom of the Atlantic:::
(almost forgot)
:::JBT throws the necklace into the ocean at the end:::
And that, my friends, is the dramatic interpretation of the 2014 election, told through the story of Titanic.
- Steve Bartin - Tuesday, Jan 24, 12 @ 9:17 am:
Pat Quinn ” Who cares about paying bills on time, it’s not my money anyway.”
Judy ” I know , I’ve got to pretend to be concerned. Pat, I think it’s funny when you keep talking about Chicago public education as an investment. I think you could be the CEO of Freddie Mac someday.”
- dupage dan - Tuesday, Jan 24, 12 @ 10:03 am:
Q) How many governors does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A) PQ, “The lightbulb, while not invented in Illinois, has been used to illuminate the state ever since Edison brought it here. Shining the light on our homes and businesses and making government more transparent. Like a lamp shade only better. As I travel around the state I feel fortunate that I can drive at night because of the lightbulb. I have been told there is one in my refrigerator that turns off when I shut the door. I hardly ever go in there so I can’t be sure. Now, when a lightbulb burns out it should be replaced. That’s not like fumigation, however. That requires the general assembly. Changing a lightbulb should not require so much effort but it is harder than you think. That’s why we need the whole state to come together, north/south, Chicago/downstate, rural/urban, democrat and republican, so long as the GOP does it my way.
A) JBT, “get outta my way, baldy and get me a step ladder”.