* Tribune shooter Brian Cassella followed Gov. Quinn on his Downstate tour this week and took some really good photos of the governor. Go see them all. Here’s part of one of Quinn checking his index cards…

* The Question: Caption?

       

71 Comments - anon - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:07 pm: Nice pics. You can’t fake being real. Another reason why Rauner’s $18 watch and new carhartt doesn’t work for me. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:08 pm: (Thinking) “He got a job, she got a job, she got a job, he got a job, his kid got a job, he got a job,…” - anon - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:10 pm: OK, caption, caption. Hmm… Darn, can’t buy an iPad on minimum wage! - Stones - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:11 pm: “The reason I use index cards? Why cheaper than an iPhone of course! Just another way to trim the size of government.” - Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:13 pm: “Oh geez, where is that ‘will of the people, law of the land’ bit? ‘Rivers’, ‘Lincoln’, ‘Lincoln’…’Lincoln’….(pause)…’Lincoln’…here it is…” - anon - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:13 pm: (Thinking which jobs will Rauner dole out if he’s gov) “He’s got a job, she got a job, he got a job, rich guy’s kid got a job, another rich guy’s kid got a job, Morrison Security got a job…” - Mason born - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:13 pm: Okay so I have 6 slots at Idnr, 5 at cms, 3 at epa, and 4 at dcfs. Wait how many county chairman are there??? Still no response maybe I should have left Gov from 09-14 off the application. - bored now - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:14 pm: i know my path to victory is in here somewhere… - Mason born - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:14 pm: Nice Willy hard to beat your first one. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:15 pm: “Pat hated technology, never trusted phones or emails. Pat would write down on index cards his ‘tasks’ and when he finished the ‘task’ he ate the cards with ketchup and sea salt…” - West Side the Best Side - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:16 pm: OK. Where is that 10% off coupon for the lawn service? I just won’t have time to cut the grass anymore this summer and little Billy down the block isn’t dependable enough to cut it before the weeds get too tall. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:16 pm: (Tips cap to - Mason Born -) “Where is that wine coupon?” - Bogey Golfer - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:17 pm: “Damn, got a stain on my purple tie…where’s is my Kohl’s card? - Jechislo - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:18 pm: They love me, they love me not, they love me, they……….. - Norseman - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:21 pm: Where was that card with the number of bottles in the van? - too obvious - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:22 pm: I know I’ve got the receipt for the $1 brownie in here somewhere. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:22 pm: (Thinking) “Ok, Brooke gave me these names of people here from downstate, let’s see…mad at me, mad at me, won’t take my call, mad….mad… Ooh, angry with me for sure…talked to me, but called me something I had to look up what it meant…oh, not mad at me…nope, wrong spelling, mad at me…” - Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:26 pm: “The Fenwick Fight Song is in here somewhere…” - How Ironic - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:27 pm: I thought for sure I put my 2-Buck Chuck membership card in here… - Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:29 pm: (thinking) “From Sheila, sorry… Sheila, take me back…Sheila, me again, please take me back…Remember me, Sheila…Vallas…Please call me, Sheila… Hey, I’m a Simon, call me, Sheila…how nice Comptroller Topinka called, save that one…Sheila, Sheila, and Sheila…” - Arthur Andersen - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:30 pm: “Where’s my minimum wage tab? I think I have $15.79 left, but I can’t remember and I’m starving.” - JS Mill - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:30 pm: Man..if I had one of those Carhartt’s I would have pockets for all of this crap - A guy... - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:31 pm: Every problem in Illinois is right here in my hands. Wish there were a couple easy ones. - wordslinger - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:32 pm: “Wait a minute — what’s this receipt for Big Al’s in Peoria?” - Arthur Andersen - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:32 pm: “Governor Pat Quinn stands aside an $58,000 2015 Chevy Suburban LS SUV which can carry 207 cases of his baloney.” - OneMan - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:33 pm: They only asked for e-mails, not notecards… heheheh - How Ironic - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:33 pm: Why the heck did I line item veto paperclips again? - SAP - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:33 pm: Damn, where’s my Red Roof Inn card? - OneMan - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:33 pm: Whomever on staff replaced my cards with pictures of Rauner’s homes is fired. - How Ironic - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:34 pm: @ AA, my office mates are looking at me funny now that I’m snorting at the computer. You win. - A guy... - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:36 pm: The Ray Rayner filing system had some definite plusses. Someone find some tape. - Archiesmom - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:37 pm: Pick a card, any card. Nothing up my sleeves… - Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:38 pm: (Thinking) “That’s not Quinnocchio…not him, … Not that guy…not him…nope …too tall..,that’s not Quinnocchio…not this one…not him…not her! …or her, c’mon …no him…” - 47th Ward - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:42 pm: Let’s see, Arby’s, Taco Bell, Subway, another Arby’s, Burger King, Wendy’s…oh, here it is. Hardee’s for lunch, here I come! - Almost the Weekend - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:44 pm: PQ, “Kankakee (check), Champaign (check), Decatur (check), Peoria (check), glad I got my downstate trip tour done before October.” - train111 - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:47 pm: That’s not it..Nope, …Nope…Not that one either. Where did I put mon’s telephone number this time? - OneMan - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:47 pm: Today’s capfax password is here somewhere… - Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:48 pm: “Boy, that - VanillaMan -, keeps leaving the same message, ‘Be Governor’ … ‘Be Governor’…all the same…” - Slick Rick - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:49 pm: “Jennifer Lawrence, yup, Kate Upton, yup……Wait guys where’s the leak of Shelia Simon?” - Angel's Sword - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 2:59 pm: I think bored now has had the best one so far. Had me laughing. - Anon. - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:00 pm: I’ll be Bruce doesn’t have to balance his own checkbook. - Anon. - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:03 pm: “bet” - Anonymous - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:05 pm: abe i pad(back of an old envelope)if you can`t explain it on the back of a letter it`s to complicated - tsavo - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:11 pm: “I’m supposed to meet Bruce in an hour to go dove hunting and I can’t find my license” - Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:17 pm: “Boy, this Evelyn Sanguinetti has a lot of references for a job… All personal injury attorneys…” - PolPal56 - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:17 pm: “Bill… bill… bill… bill… card from Mom!… bill… bill… bill…” - Bogey Golfer - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:17 pm: Nominate Slick Rick as winner. - I B Strapped - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:19 pm: Yeah, I admit I need my Rolodex. This happens every time I leave Chicago and I tour rural Ilinois in my Yugo! - Anonymous - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:20 pm: where`s that pink slip,i can`t belive i lost to bruce`s van - Bluefish - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:21 pm: “Boy these local citations pile up quick when you forget to cut your lawn in August.” - Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:23 pm: “Stupid red light cameras…” - Fair & Balanced - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:27 pm: question in all those pictures taken in one day I am left with a few thoughts… Guv Quinn really likes to eat! I thought he was still in his stunt of eating ketchup packets and salad bar crackers? also if you add up the food alone he spent about $36 bucks… what happened to the $11 a day? - Fair & Balanced - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:28 pm: common Guv, I hope your not off your “common guy” diet??? - Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:29 pm: “This is a waste…all these jokes end the same… The Aristocrats, … The Aristocrats….yep, the Aristocrats…” - D.P.Gumby - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:40 pm: “Let’s see–State of the State speech, Budget Address, stump speech, concession speech…wait, where did that come from???” - Commonsense in Illinois - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:42 pm: Let’s see now…Notes on blasting billionaires…schedule card…ideas for innovating healthcare delivery…note to call Sheila Simon - that can wait…ah here it is…meatless meatloaf recipe! Gonna be a hot night at home tonight! - Dirty Red - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:43 pm: “Oh! Here’s the 2010 State of the State speech!” - Dirty Red - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:46 pm: “You’d think not running against me in the primary would’ve given her more time to ban a few more of those transaction fees. I’m starving!” - Ron Burgundy - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:49 pm: Pat Quinn’s Search Committee for Department Heads. - Dirty Red - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 3:52 pm: “I veto the d**n bill, and the first driver Uber sends is Vaught with his truck?” - FormerParatrooper - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 4:17 pm: Where’s the card I wrote the name of this town on? - Anonymous - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 4:18 pm: were is the one with the money it? - Wensicia - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 4:22 pm: This is just the “B” pile! Billionaire Rauner cuts wages, Billionaire Rauner evades taxes, Billionaire Rauner’s wine tab… - Leprechaun - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 4:24 pm: NRI -IDOT what’s next ? Best I get Patrick Collins number on speed dial - Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 4:31 pm: “I need a new rubber band.” - Anonymous - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 4:33 pm: soy beans are up - 4 percent - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 4:34 pm: I’m starving and I’m sure I have a cracker in here… - Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 4:38 pm: “I go to Manny’s way too much…” - Leprechaun - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 4:42 pm: Let’s see Burger King, White Castles , Taco Bell …oh here we go 5 guys they have free peanuts , fits the budget perfect - Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 4:43 pm: “I belong to ‘Gold’s Gym’?” - Buddy - Friday, Sep 5, 14 @ 5:02 pm: Where is that Humble Pie recipe? Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.