* A buddy took this photo of myself and Sen. Dick Durbin at the Illinois State Fair and finally sent it to me this week.

Yes, I know we already have one caption contest going, but who can resist this?…

       

100 Comments - Bill White - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:37 pm: 2015 will be the Cubs year. You can take it to the bank. - Jeff Trigg - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:38 pm: Removing cannabis from Schedule 1 so states can legalize it again? That’s just stupid, Rich. - Wordslinger - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:38 pm: I told you I was wearing pink. — go change! - Knome Sane - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:38 pm: Dusty, I really like what you guys are doing with that ZZ Top thing. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:39 pm: “So I say to my Republican friends, ‘Please, don’t put Oberweis up against me. Please. So lo and behold, I get Oberweis, and it’s ’smooth sailing’ fr now to November…” - Anonymous - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:40 pm: Look, a little of this side, some color and a trim and they won’t know us apart. - Anonymous 88 - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:40 pm: “Righteous shades, dude! Been trying to talk Harry Reid into buying a pair…” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:42 pm: “Can’t you see it Rich? Think about it. ‘Durbin’s Donuts’…you see it…’Durbin’s Donuts’…I see them all over Illinois…” - Judgment Day - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:42 pm: The newest White Sox color commentator (a face made for radio) and some guy from Washington, D.C. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:43 pm: “And Rich, we’ll live off the fat of the land…” - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:44 pm: Holy crap! How red are your eyes? - garlic bread - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:44 pm: Rich, I urge you to reconsider your decision to move your tax address out of the United States. - Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:44 pm: “I’m a huge ZZ Top fan. Huge. Can’t I please have your autograph?” - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:44 pm: Give me some scissors and I’ll have that thing trimmed up and looking as sharp as my beard. - Calling u out - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:45 pm: “I shall call him mini me!” - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:45 pm: Who the hell is VanillaMan and where does he get off calling me an old man! - Team Sleep - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:46 pm: I SAID HE WAS SAFE! - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:46 pm: You got a delete button over there at Capitolfax? Huh? Do ya? I don’t want to read another piece of crap about me again! - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:48 pm: “I’m shakin’ the dust of this crummy little town off my feet and I’m gonna see the world. Italy, Greece, the Parthenon, the Colosseum. Then, I’m comin’ back here to go to college and see what they know. And then I’m gonna build things. I’m gonna build airfields, I’m gonna build skyscrapers a hundred stories high, I’m gonna build bridges a mile long…” - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:48 pm: So Bob Dole lets it rip and I’ll tell you the whole place went to pieces! - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:49 pm: It was f-n’ golden! - Why guy - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:50 pm: It’s the EBOLA stupid - PublicServant - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:51 pm: Uncle Si listens as Senator Durbin talks Duck Hunting - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:51 pm: In January, it’ll be 45-55 with us in control - Jocko - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:51 pm: While the onions are cooking you need to peel and finely, finely, finely slice your garlic. - Jerome Horwitz - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:52 pm: yeah, well, like that’s just your opinion, man. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:52 pm: I told you Kirk! The OTHER BOOT! - Cronus Guy - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:52 pm: Flying on Air Force One is so cool Rich! You just go zoom! - Siriusly - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:53 pm: Never! Rich, I mean never try to switch formats again. That word cloud was ridiculous ! - Anon - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:53 pm: And, when Sheila turned around, I slapped this green “kick me” sticker right on her back and she didn’t even notice. It was awesome Rich. - Calling u out - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:54 pm: Harry and I rode up this bluff at the Bundy Ranch to see those rare turtles, and all we seen was bunch of stinking cattle, and guys in camo! - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:54 pm: Is that Schock wearing those Pradas again? - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:55 pm: It is the best damn lemon shake-up here. They’re using Stoli. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:57 pm: So Sheila is playing the banjo and Judy pulls out her accordion, and I go - FREE BIRD! - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:58 pm: I tell you Rich, Callis is the real deal! - Cosgrove - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:58 pm: Rich, You are always right about everything and that is why I like you so much. Or something close to that. - Economic Justice - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:58 pm: Durbin: Rich, ya gotta run for Congress and come join me in the original Alpha House, it’ll be so cool. Rich: Uh, no thanks, I’m already cool. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:59 pm: How about doing a morning posting of a song? - Stuff Happens - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:00 pm: “No, really Rich, SOPA and PIPA wouldn’t have impacted you that much. I swear! You can’t hold a grudge that long!” - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:01 pm: You told me he was a genius! I have to yell at him doing my car, “’slinger! Wax on - wax off!” - Responsa - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:02 pm: Durbin: I’m not sure what that is I’m seeing moving in your hair. But uh, have you had Oscar checked for fleas lately? - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:03 pm: What do you mean bloggers don’t believe Oswego Willy is a Republican? I’m using all the GOP arguments when I post for him! - OneMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:06 pm: Nachos Rich, Nachos as far as the eye can see… - The Captain - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:07 pm: Wow, Rick Pearson’s beard got really gray. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:07 pm: We’ll be like a team! You - greatest political guru ever! Me - greatest political person ever! C’mon! Smell that excitement! Durbin 2016 - New Deal Forever! - Stuff Happens - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:08 pm: “Come November, I’m giving Oberweis a lot more to cry about than spilt milk.” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:08 pm: “I’ve been all over Illinois, all over. All the counties, over bridges, rapid transit, small farms, everywhere. I look out there and what do I see over the horizon, what do I haveta taste for when I go anywhere? I look out and I see my oasis, ‘Onerweis Ice Cream’ and I just melt.” - Anonymiss - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:08 pm: Who’s that skinny dude with Durbin? - Stuff Happens - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:08 pm: “And then I was like, ‘Really? Only one piece of paper?’” - ? of my day - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:09 pm: “Smokey, this is not ‘Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.” - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:09 pm: “So the one-legged jockey, says, “Don’t worry about me, baby - I ride side-saddle!” - Tsavo - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:10 pm: Hear me now, believe me later, Durbin/Miller ticket 2016, we will be unstoppable. - LizPhairTax - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:11 pm: Winickbombed! - Stuff Happens - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:11 pm: “Rich, turn your head to the right a little more. I swear I saw daylight through your left ear!” Greatest respect for Rich; couldn’t resist. - Tommydanger - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:15 pm: Pretty in Pink - Dirty Red - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:16 pm: “i’m tellin’ ya, Rich, it’s quite a place to have a beer and burn a steak.” - In a Minute - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:20 pm: You look just like that guy from Mouth & Macneal. - Nearly Normal - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:22 pm: DD: Just go easy on the Grecian Formula for Beards and you will be just fine. RM: Really?!? - Marian - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:23 pm: “Myself and Dick Durbin” ? A thousand English teachers just fainted. - Johnnie F. - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:25 pm: Eeewwww!….aaaah….yeah….that’s a little nasty. You definitely should have the doctor check it out. - Steve - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:26 pm: “Rich, my wife Loretta can afford a subscription to Capitol Fax. I can too. We both work for the public good. Just ask the people at Eastern Illinois.” - A guy... - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:28 pm: Just upgrade your server and watch you hits just soar like an F 16. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:29 pm: “You just wait for the Fall, Rich. I went to Bears Camp and Jay Cutler was throwing that ball, I mean it was sailing, beautifully, in that summer sun, (whistles) right out there…” - William j Kelly - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:33 pm: Durbin: I had a dream that I was running for reelection against Oberwaste and then I woke up and I realized it wasn’t a dream it was really happening! So now I will go back to sleep, wake up on Wednesday and it will be over, right? - OneMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:41 pm: As Durbin continued to speak, Rich, tired from a long day of politicians pontificating and Sheila SIMON’S 48 minute banjo tribute to Nickleback saw something at a booth that Oscar might enjoy and realized soon enough he could be reminded of what loyalty and fidelity could be… - PolPal56 - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:43 pm: Rich thinking, “Can it, Durbin, you`re blocking my access to the cheese fries…” - lake county democrat - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:44 pm: Let me lay my healing hands upon you… - WOW - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:46 pm: Hard at work! Working for the people - MrJM - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:49 pm: “And then I told him, ya see, I… Hey, Miller! You sleepin’? Yes, you were! You were! I could hear you snorin’! Now, like I was sayin’, an’ then I told him…” – MrJM - walker - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:50 pm: You should grow a pony tail. - Under Further Review - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:58 pm: Look, I held my tongue when Emanuel had his residency flap, but this has gone too far! I cannot remain silent when Oberweis has a residency issue, so how can people call me inconsistent or hypocritical? I am a conscientious Illinois resident. Rich, Rich, are you listening to me? - State Worker - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:59 pm: Now out… Dumber and Dumber2 - THEGUN - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 2:10 pm: It baffles me to Rich, but your right, none of your ear hair is grey…. - circularfiringsquad - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 2:22 pm: “hey what was your camper space number?” Free beer right? See ya soon” - One to the Dome - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 2:33 pm: The Cards are out of the playoffs Rich…is that a tear? - AFSCME Steward - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 2:39 pm: Rich, I deny it completely, I have never shopped in an Oberwiess store. - AFSCME Steward - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 2:43 pm: And then my paper airplane conked Mitch McConnell square on the noggin, right on the Senate floor… - Anonymous - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 2:52 pm: Think of a time Rich, when you can delete the word Republican, not only fron the dictionary, but also from spell check permanently! - Skeptical - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 2:56 pm: When I look into your ear, I can see for miles. - AFSCME Steward - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 3:00 pm: Rich, I’m telling you we take this Capitol Fax thing on Shark Tank and it’s gonna really take off. - Amalia - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 3:01 pm: I know Rich, that Ricketts family is the worst! - Stones - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 3:03 pm: “Hey Miller, Bite Me!” - Black Ivy - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 3:05 pm: Senator Durbin: Buddy/pal/friend, believe you me, I got this! Rich Miller: (Silence - crickets). - State Worker - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 3:10 pm: Rich: “Uncle Dick …. Tell me more about your fighter pilot days.” - OneMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 3:13 pm: Rich our turnout effort is going to be so strong, we are going to be able to use new technology that will make it sound like Abraham Lincoln is calling you personally if you forget to send in a mail-in ballot.. or we might just have a flyer. - The End Is Near - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 3:25 pm: Jimmy Conway chews out Morrie Kessler for buying a pink Cadillac and a matching pink White Sox shirt shortly after the Lufthansa heist. - A guy... - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 3:27 pm: I said Hi to Oscar and he ran like he was shot out of a cannon. What’s up with your dog man? - some dude - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 4:14 pm: Razor. It’s called a razor. Try it. - Wumpus - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 4:19 pm: Zzzzzzz Dark glasses enable Ricardo miller to sleep - Quizzical - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 4:54 pm: Did you ever hear of the group ‘Four Jacks and a Jill’, out of Kansas City. I’ll tell you Rich, do yourself a favor and listen to their music. Maybe you could put it on your blog. - illini - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 5:17 pm: I can not even compete with these comments! Guess my mind works in a different way - but I ALWAYS enjoy reading the captions. - Coffee Cup - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 7:14 pm: I scratch your back and then you scratch my back. That is how we play the game out in Washington, Rich. Watch me now as I start it off. You’ll catch on. Oberweis is just too stupid to catch on to how the game is played. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 10:15 pm: Do you like blueberries Rich? Me, now I’m a guy who loves them, especially the red ones. Wait. I mean, do you love radishes? Yeah. Radishes. Delicious! - Stiv - Wednesday, Oct 29, 14 @ 12:27 am: 2 in the pink - Yobogoya - Wednesday, Oct 29, 14 @ 1:25 am: “Nnnneither of us are men enough to pull off pink.” - Yobogoya - Wednesday, Oct 29, 14 @ 1:29 am: *Durbin making sound effects of a plane taking off* SHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhoooooooo! - Yobagoya - Wednesday, Oct 29, 14 @ 7:24 am: Eeeew! Hold still. There’s a bug crawling out of your ear. - Anonymous Fan - Wednesday, Oct 29, 14 @ 8:23 am: Are you SURE you are not Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys’ long lost cousin? - Yobagoya - Wednesday, Oct 29, 14 @ 8:42 am: Duuuude. Ever hear of q-tips? - Yobagoya - Wednesday, Oct 29, 14 @ 9:00 am: Rich, I didn’t know you were blind. *waves hand in Rich’s face* Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.