111 Comments - Big Joe - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:26 am: Hey, Bruce! Isn’t that Paul Simon two seats to your left? - Huh? - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:26 am: RE - So am I going to get any money from the State this year? BR - Who are you? RE - Mayor of Chicago. BR - Don’t know the guy. - Jeff Trigg - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:28 am: “Do Not Google That Phrase” - Big Joe - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:28 am: Bruce!! Open your eyes!! It is not going to look too good on CapFax!! - @MisterJayEm - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:28 am: “Too tell you the truth, Rahm — I’m really more of an ‘Ask Jeeves‘ kinda guy…” – MrJM - Keyrock - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:29 am: No caption. Just the thought that public office ages people. - Big T - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:29 am: Hey Rahm, I said keep your hand out of my pocket! - A guy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:29 am: I know he’s here. I can feel his eyes on me. - Joe M - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:31 am: Rauner: Let’s pretend we don’t know each other. I need to make you look like the enemy for now. Rahm: Does that mean our families vacation together for next summer is off? - Big Joe - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:33 am: Rahm counting ceiling tiles, and Bruce dreaming of the nice $1000 bottle of vino they will be sharing after this whole Google thing is over. - Dome Gnome - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:33 am: “Pass the wine bottle, please.” - burbanite - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:34 am: If I can’t see him, he can’t see me. Whew that was close. - Anonymous - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:34 am: Rahm’s 1,000 yard stare - Amalia - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:34 am: Waiting their turn in the Thunderdome. - Levois - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:34 am: Are they happy to be next to each other. - Big Joe - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:35 am: Hey Bruce! Did you get the same family discount on your trip to Cuba? - Anon221 - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:35 am: You’ll pretend that you don’t see me, but watch me out of the corner of your eye. I’ll pretend that I don’t see you watching me, but secretly watch you back. Yes. Good game plan. - Unknown - Anonymous - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:35 am: Both thinking to themselves: “Just don’t look over, or make any moves, and maybe he won’t notice I’m here.” - Huh? - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:36 am: does best. Fat fingers strike again. - Big Joe - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:36 am: Imagine yourselves in a happy place….Not Chicago Illinois for crying out loud!! - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:37 am: “Rahm” “Bruce” And… Scene - Anonymous - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:37 am: “I wonder if it’s possible for me to just dump this office and sign up for one of those internships from that one movie” - Wensicia - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:37 am: Don’t sit so close to me! - Big T - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:44 am: Bruce, I never got that fish. You promised! - Dome Gnome - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:44 am: [Could I call a Caption Contest timeout just long enough to ask: who’s the guy wearing red pants and a green bow tie, to Rauner’s left?] - Austin Blvd - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:44 am: Rahm to Bruce: “It’s so easy to be you.” - Anon221 - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:45 am: Dang it, Wensicia, now that song’s stuck in my head! - Joe M - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:47 am: Rauner (out the side of his mouth): When they invited me to this, I agreed to come only if I got to sit next to you. How about you and Cullerton ganging up on Madigan? Or at least be a spy for me and let me know what Madigan is thinking. I’ve got ways to make it worth your while. - Anonymous - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:48 am: “Pants-on-fire silent protester.” - wordslinger - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:49 am: BR: “If I don’t open my eyes, I can’t make eye contact, QED.” RE: “Revenge is a dish best served cold.” - Big Joe - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:50 am: BR: I hope that Ahern woman isn’t around to snap our picture together. RE: If I just space out it will look like I am paying attention. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:54 am: “Johnny Ola told me about this place…” - Realkewlio - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:54 am: Rauner: “If I wish hard enough and then open my eyes, maybe Dunkin will be the one sitting next to me. What a Christmas miracle that would be!” - 47th Ward - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:55 am: Hey Bruce. Do you who this guy is, next to me? Do you know who his protege in the State House is? You’re welcome. - Jimmy CrackCorn - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:55 am: If we can get my Turnaround Agenda passed, imagine the investment Bing would make in Chicago! - Anon221 - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:57 am: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/fashion/men-in-red-pants-stuck-in-old-cultural-baggage.html?_r=0 - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:59 am: “Ok, alright, ok… Thank you, thank you… I now need two volunteers for this next trick… Two guys from the audience… “ - ColdofWinter - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:01 pm: If I had a kerchief I could be blowing my nose right now! - 47th Ward - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:02 pm: Lol Willy. You beat me by a few seconds. I was going to add: Old man Daley would never come here but Goldbergknows these places like the back of his hand. - vole - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:02 pm: Nice embalming job — “he looks so much like he did in real life!”. Or, heh, someone stole one of the characters from the wax museum in spring patch and is having it fill in for the governor. - LizPhairTax - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:03 pm: Nice to see Diana was able to make it without the help of her Chief of Staff - A guy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:05 pm: This place is interesting. How’d they come up with the name Goo Goo? - Almost the Weekend - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:06 pm: Rahm, I’ll see you in Cuba over the holidays - Century Club - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:07 pm: I’ve loved, I’ve laughed and cried I’ve had my fill, my share of losing And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing To think I did all that And may I say, not in a shy way Oh no, not me, I did it my way -Frank Sinatra - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:07 pm: - 47th Ward -, well played… “Caption?” Gov. Rendell speaking to supporters and donors… - Come on Man! - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:14 pm: “You think Amy, is mad about your vacation plans? Imagine if you cut your wife’s funding.” - Dome Gnome - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:14 pm: Anon221: I was hoping the man in red pants was the new police superintendent. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:17 pm: “Welcome, today we’re going to discuss when your crisis becomes so big, you run out of the leverage you had hoped to create. Who finds themselves ‘there’ right now? Some of you?…” - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:22 pm: “Now, muni bankruptcy has some major pitfalls…” - Anon221 - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:22 pm: DG- He looks like a young Tom Wolfe:) - vole - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:24 pm: One pillar supporting the cloud. - Jose Abreu's next homer - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:28 pm: Rahm to Bruce, “You’re going to be great as Kylo Ren in the Star Wars.” - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:30 pm: “Next up, this wine isn’t know for its fine vintage, or the region it’s from, or even the winery, it’s rare because it’s the last of this bottling. So… Let’s start a ‘bit’ lower, and begin the bidding at $75,000… “ - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:32 pm: “And now, Diana Rauner to present Ounce of Prevention’s ‘Man of the Year’… “ - Big Joe - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:35 pm: RE: Hey Bruce, pull my finger!! - Ron Burgundy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:38 pm: Numbers 1 and 2 on the list of “People in Illinois who probably shouldn’t Google themselves right now.” - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:40 pm: Although the screenplay and film are considered the best ever, Rahm and Bruce weren’t too impressed with the stage version of “Citizen Kane” - Ron Burgundy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:41 pm: Rahm: I wonder if I would look too elf-like in those red pants… - crazybleedingheart - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:47 pm: #wompwomp - Name/Nickname/Anon - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:47 pm: Rauner *places hand on Emanuel’s thigh* I’m here for you, man. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:48 pm: “And now, introducing our friend, Forrest Claypool… “ - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:50 pm: “Ladies and Gentlemen, our good friend, Arne Duncan… “ - Amalia - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:53 pm: Bruce and Rahm head to fashion week in Paris figuring it is less dangerous there. - Formerly Known As... - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:54 pm: BR =Want to stop at the market and pick up a fish for Mike Allen after this?= RE =Suggestions?= BR =Salmon? Or a nice tuna?= RE =Catfish. How about a big catfish?= BR =I like your style, Rahm.= evil laughter - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:58 pm: “And a special treat… Ladies and Gentlemen… Karen Lewis… “ - Jon Spicer - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:02 pm: I heard Google is moving to Indiana because Indiana is so awesome. Said no one ever. - Rollo Tamasi - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:04 pm: ++++Big Joe - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:26 am: Hey, Bruce! Isn’t that Paul Simon two seats to your left?++++ I had to take three looks myself - Rollo Tamasi - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:10 pm: Rauner: Let’s see 800 million in a mutual fund paying a 4.5% dividend. The shares split 2 to 1. The value of each share has gone up $2.68 per share in the last quarter. Geez!!! I can buy a dozen more Ken Dunkins. Poor Rahm he barely has tip money. - Dirty Red - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:10 pm: “I think you missed the joke, my young apprentice. See, when he asked you about vacation plans he meant a permanent vacation.” - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:11 pm: … When Diana Rauner leaves her seat between Rahm and Bruce… - Anonymous - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:13 pm: I can’t see anything. Should of brought another phone book. - Johnnie F. - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:14 pm: I thought the good witch told me all I had to do is close my eyes, click my heals together three times and I could turn this whole place into Kansas. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:15 pm: “Now, … here’s the tricky part when trying this Trangulation move in your real lives… “ - Rusty618 - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:18 pm: Hey Bruce, Paul Simon stopped by to give you some advice! - Cheswick - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:26 pm: BR: Hey, have you ever heard of a zero based budget? - Beaner - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:32 pm: Imagine there’s no collective bargainin It’s easy if you try No Treasury agents below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today… Imagine there’s no unions It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no death tax too Imagine all the people Living life in peace… You may say I’m a schemer But I’m not the only one I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no Trial Lawyers I wonder if you can No need for income taxes or tax attorneys A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world… You may say I’m a schemer But I’m not the only one (me and Kenny) I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will live as one - Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:35 pm: Diana: “Bruce, are you in your Happy Place?” BR: “Yeah. The Milkshake Shack in downtown Fort Wayne.” - Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:36 pm: Rahm: “Now about our funding for 2016…” BR: “Shhh. I’m receiving a message from Swami Goldberg.” - Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:39 pm: Rahm: “So I Googled ‘What should I do now?’ and I got back ‘We don’t know.’” BR: “I just use the Magic 8-Ball Quinn left in the desk.” - Henry Francis - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:41 pm: Since BR doesn’t recognize the letter “g”, he thought he was showing up to support all the oogles out there. - Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:44 pm: Man with green bow tie: (I’m wearing RED PANTS, for pity’s sake, and no one noticed!) DR: (Who’s this guy in the red pants?) BR: (I wonder if The Duke would have punched him out?) - Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:49 pm: BR: “I’m thinking of an equation for Chicago’s funding…” RE: “Pi R Squared?” BR: “Pie are round. Cornbread are square.” - Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:55 pm: RE: “This is as stimulating as a carton of Sominex.” BR: ZZZZ zzzzz zzzzz - Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:56 pm: RE: “When I was in high school, I used to paint eyes on my eyelids. Works every time.” BR: “So THAT’s why Madigan never blinks.” - W.S. - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:56 pm: Rahm to self: Ok, just keep looking forward and don’t make eye contact that way when you have to ask him for money it won’t be so awkward. - Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:59 pm: Woman in back row: (This tall guy keeps blocking my view. I wonder what would happen if I gave him a noogie?) - Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 2:03 pm: Diana: (I wonder what I should get Bruce for Christmas this year? A plaid shirt? No, no. A gold-plated corkscrew? No, he has a whole drawer of those. Hey, how about a copy of Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People?”) - Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 2:08 pm: RE: (I’m not being treated with the proper respect. At least at Olive Garden they give me a booster seat.) - drop the soapbox - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 2:27 pm: Doesn’t appear they are sharing an exclusive high priced bottle of wine today. - Tommydanger - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 2:48 pm: “Red pants. Red pants. I am sooo glad I didn’t wear my red pants” - Triple fat - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 2:53 pm: Hey Rahm. What’s that smell? It’s wafting from your area… I think it smells like fear! - Gary from Chicagoland - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 3:14 pm: Spotlight on Rahm & Rauner? No it’s the guy with the red pants, green tie and blue shirt that looks like a walking King rainbow that steals the show! - zatoichi - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 3:42 pm: BR: Gotta make sure the investment team bought a piece of this. RE: Got another f$@*?! video at the office to review. - Huh? - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 3:46 pm: Takes a bold man to wear a green bow tie and bright red pants. - Anonymous - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 3:55 pm: Weekend at Bruce’s - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 4:07 pm: “Ladies and Gentleman, Bill Daley…” - mokenavince - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 4:35 pm: Just trying to catch 40 winks. - Sue - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 5:09 pm: Bruce’s object permanence experiment: I thought this was supposed to be a SECRET cabal, but Rahm keeps turning up everywhere like a bad penny. I’ll just close my eyes and make him disappear. - Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 5:09 pm: “Goldberg said, don’t sit anywhere close to that little $&@#%*#. Boy, am I gonna hear it when I get back to the office.” - Cook County Commoner - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 5:27 pm: RE: Can’t wait to get away from these little people and show Bruce my new bottle of Dom Perignon. BR: Can’t wait to get away from these little people and show Rahm my new bottle of Chateau Lafite Rothschild. - Enviro - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 5:27 pm: Wishing he wasn’t there. - Anonymous - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 5:33 pm: What if Siri is syrIan? - Anonymous - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 5:38 pm: I see nothing - Anonymous - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 5:39 pm: Turning a blind eye - Anonymous - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 5:42 pm: Sorry Charlie - Anonymous - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 5:48 pm: Wow my turnaround agenda is working already - Anon - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 6:50 pm: Remember when you told everybody at New Trier that you would show them all? How’s that working out for you? - Anonymous - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 7:08 pm: Get this yahoo away from me - Anonymous - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 7:58 pm: Goldberg calling a sleeper cell - Anonymous - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 8:46 pm: I’ll keep an eye out for you mayor - dutch3001 - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 8:47 pm: Rahm: Ummm, Bruce? Rauner: yeah? Rahm: I really like you. Rauner: I know. I like you too, little buddy. Rahm: No, Bruce, I mean I REALLY like you. Know what I mean? Rauner: Still no money for Chicago, little buddy. Rahm: Ah, man. Rauner: Want some popcorn little buddy? Rahm: yeah… Rauner: Me too. Why don’t you get us some, little buddy? Rahm: Ah man… Rauner: how do you think I got rich, little buddy? The Rauner gravy train just pulled out of the station and both you and Chicago missed it. Rahm: Ah, man… Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.