Oh, the Google just taught me that Werco is a charter plane services company. I thought he was pushing a charter school company for a minute. That would have seemed appropriate, somehow.
You got a fast car
And I want a ticket to go anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere
Anyplace is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe we’ll make something
But me myself I got nothing to prove
You got a fast car
And I got a plan to get us out of here
I been working at the General Assembly
Managed to save just a little bit of money
We won’t have to drive too far
Just ‘cross the border and into the city
You and I can both get jobs
And finally see what it means to be living
(regrets to Tracy Chapman)
Whoops. Make that:
“Willy, your first post in the 2:32 group takes the checkers!”
Guess AA won’t be timekeeping for NASCAR any time soon.
- Just The Way It Is One - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 8:01 pm:
And YOU should’ve seen the “Hot Wheels” version one my MOM gave to me JUST LIKE IT, Marty, back in the 70’s! It can really cook!! (Hey, by the way, what time are you supposed to be back in Springfield when your ‘Lunch’ is over)??!!!
- Just The Way It Is One - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 8:05 pm:
(”Oh, yeah, Marty, THAT’s when MY Lunch was supposed to be over, too, WAY over an HOUR ago, so…we really oughta speed back down I 55 to get there, like we’re allowed to by Law, right away…!”)
- AA -, I thought about this in a quiet moment outside today …
Why do I see the “AWillyWord” Con$ulting office like the “Dick Van Dyke” Show, but instead of writing for “The Alan Brady Show”, we get Bruce Rauner? I chuckled …
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 9:53 am:
“I wanna go fast! I wanna go fast! I wanna go fast … I wanna go Fast!”
That delicious aroma you smell coming from the SDem Caucus is some legislation that we are going to … Shake … and Bake …Shake and Bake!”
- AlphaBettor - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 9:53 am:
Is Sandoval pronounced like the town in Southern Illinois?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 9:54 am:
Sen. Sandoval was a natural at NASCAR, I mean, there are only Left Turns …
- Ravenswood Right Winger - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 9:55 am:
“This is what I drive. Meantime, Skip Saviano is still playing with his Matchbox cars.”
- MrJM - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 9:55 am:
“As Republicans struggle to reach out to voters beyond their rural, southern base…”
– MrJM
- AlphaBettor - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 9:55 am:
Sandoval is going to race his car around a sand oval in Sandoval.
- Anonymous - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 9:56 am:
Oh, the Google just taught me that Werco is a charter plane services company. I thought he was pushing a charter school company for a minute. That would have seemed appropriate, somehow.
- Skeeter - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 9:57 am:
Hey, it has no driver!
Just like the State of Illinois!
- Angry Republican - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 9:58 am:
My car only goes left, just like me.
- Skeeter - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 9:59 am:
Based on our experience running the state, we could easily get this baby to go 200 mph in the wrong direction!
- Bluefish - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 10:02 am:
You got a fast car
And I want a ticket to go anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere
Anyplace is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe we’ll make something
But me myself I got nothing to prove
You got a fast car
And I got a plan to get us out of here
I been working at the General Assembly
Managed to save just a little bit of money
We won’t have to drive too far
Just ‘cross the border and into the city
You and I can both get jobs
And finally see what it means to be living
(regrets to Tracy Chapman)
- Just Me - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 10:03 am:
Going really really fast, but going nowhere.
- Boone's is Back - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 10:04 am:
Somewhere Doug Oberhelman is ralphing in a trash can…
- JoeInPeoria - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 10:07 am:
Somehow, a Chicago Democratic politician managed to find his way to Downtown Peoria. And, find the largest private employer in the State of Illinois.
- Judgment Day - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 10:28 am:
Just what the pit crew needs. Another set of tools.
- Joe from Joliet - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 10:30 am:
If Illinois does not rethink its tax policies, Caterpillar is getting out of here FAST.
- Darienite - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 10:44 am:
Somehow, a bow tie and NASCAR doesn’t work. And do they still sell Wheaties?
- AFSCME Steward - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 11:05 am:
The State of Illinois official NASCAR racer. We chose the number 31 because that is how many years it’s going to take to agree on a pension fix.
- Cincinnatus - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 11:27 am:
Fast. And Furious?
- Irish - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 12:03 pm:
Sandoval and Koehler pose next to Jeff Burton’s car at the Dixie truck stop.
Just don’t tick Tony Stewart off. Even Mike can’t help you then.
Dialogue balloon pops up above Martin’s head. “Boogity Boogity!”
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 1:50 pm:
Irish, a fan? Who knew. “Boogity Boogity” LOL!
To the post:
DK: “0 to 60 in 4 seconds flat.”
MS: “Like our bills in the House, only in years.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 2:32 pm:
“There are a lot of crashes, some don’t even start, and quite a few just zip right through to the end …”
“You a NASCAR fan?”
“Oh, I thought we were talking about Bills in the General Assembly…”
—————–
“This isn’t Maaco paint job, is it?”
“Does this 1.21 Ggiowatts to go back, or does it run on trash like at the end of the movie?”
“No, Robert Duvall did a NASCAR movie with Tom Cruise. I guess it was after the Godfather movies …”
“I don’t understand, where is the ‘Back-Ho’ on this…”
“I had one like this, exactly like this … but it had an 8-Track player …”
“Who is the better driver you race against … Bo, or Luke Duke? Uncle Jesse? …Daisy, right?”
“I could have either gotten a car, JUST like this or a Trans-Am like in ‘Smokey and The Bandit’ … Guess which one I got?”
“Yea …but does it run on Illinois Soyor E85?”
“No, no, I can paralell park this …”
“I heard that the Bud car runs quicker because its hosrepower is based on Clydesdales, true?”
“I would ask them to have me SIT in the drivers seat and BUILD the car around me. That window is a tight fit …”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 2:44 pm:
“Is the ‘luggage rack’ optional?”
“I was wondering is I could just put my ‘Senate Plate’ on this for a while and get some ice cream …”
“No, seriously, where is the one with the Cougar and ‘Me’ on the hood …”
“I looked twice … no cup holders …”
“Running south on Lake Shore Dive, heading into town …”
“I knew I saw this before … it was in the Disney film ‘Cars’ … ‘Thunder McGillacutty’ or something …”
“Yes, a model ‘to scale’ would be nice, but it won’t fit in my Capitol Office …”
“I could buy this, but the gas milage and gas tank are non-starters …”
“No, I am required by the State to wear a helmet in ANY car …”
“I have done some math .., 2 and a half hours in the car, gatorade … you know where I’m going with this …”
“I would like to think that is Anti-Freeze leaking, but its staining our shoes …”
“I heard these cars have personalitites … does that have anything to do with their ‘Sign’, the Moon, certain brands of oil, gas, wiper fluid …”
- Six Degrees of Separation - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 3:54 pm:
Danica Patrick, they aint.
- Huh? - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 4:23 pm:
Yup, standing here in a suit and tie with a baseball cap on looking lie fools.
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 6:03 pm:
“NAS-Car! Get it?”
“Keep your day job.”
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 7:42 pm:
Willy, that first one of yours takes the checkers!
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 7:44 pm:
Whoops. Make that:
“Willy, your first post in the 2:32 group takes the checkers!”
Guess AA won’t be timekeeping for NASCAR any time soon.
- Just The Way It Is One - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 8:01 pm:
And YOU should’ve seen the “Hot Wheels” version one my MOM gave to me JUST LIKE IT, Marty, back in the 70’s! It can really cook!! (Hey, by the way, what time are you supposed to be back in Springfield when your ‘Lunch’ is over)??!!!
- Just The Way It Is One - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 8:05 pm:
(”Oh, yeah, Marty, THAT’s when MY Lunch was supposed to be over, too, WAY over an HOUR ago, so…we really oughta speed back down I 55 to get there, like we’re allowed to by Law, right away…!”)
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 8:19 pm:
- Arthur Andersen -,
Many thanks.
- AA -, I thought about this in a quiet moment outside today …
Why do I see the “AWillyWord” Con$ulting office like the “Dick Van Dyke” Show, but instead of writing for “The Alan Brady Show”, we get Bruce Rauner? I chuckled …
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 8:37 pm:
- AA -
Many thanks. Hey, it’s tough keeping the clock in NASCAR, so don’t be so tough on yourself
- one day at a time - Thursday, Apr 4, 13 @ 10:42 pm:
Oh! look A NASCAT…
- Anonymous - Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 12:46 am:
Dale Earnhardt Sr. is spinning in his grave faster than a NASCAR race motor