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Monday, Jul 20, 2020 - Posted by Rich Miller

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54 Comments
  1. - DownSouth - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 2:54 pm:

    Thank you thank you for a much need giggle !


  2. - SSL - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 2:54 pm:

    I use more butter on my toast.


  3. - Nick Name - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 2:55 pm:

    The butter cow sticks with it


  4. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 2:56 pm:

    “2020 - Udder Ridiculous”


  5. - pool boy - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 2:57 pm:

    It is made from just one stick of butter. Who needs that gal from Iowa.


  6. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 2:58 pm:

    “Butter Cow - Spreading Cheer By the Pad”


  7. - Dotnonymous - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 2:59 pm:

    Lil’ Squirt.


  8. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:00 pm:

    More butter pads than butter cow…


  9. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:01 pm:

    It needs more cowbell


  10. - Bruce( no not him) - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:06 pm:

    Looks more like margarine.


  11. - Ok - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:06 pm:

    Seems more like a cowhide chair


  12. - FormerGOPer - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:06 pm:

    The State Fair butter cows have been going downhill for years but this is ridiculous.


  13. - Yucko - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:06 pm:

    geesh…..give it a break Willy……


  14. - Northsider - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:08 pm:

    Bos Richard J. Daley.


  15. - 47th Ward - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:08 pm:

    Which will melt faster: this butter cow placed in the sun, or Jay Doherty in front of the grand jury?


  16. - The Ford Lawyer - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:09 pm:

    This year’s butter cow, by sculptor Zeke Brogan, who was recommended by Speaker Madigan and received $144,000.00 for his sculpture.


  17. - MSIX - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:09 pm:

    Put a mask on (banned punctuation x 3)


  18. - Dave Dahl - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:09 pm:

    That sculptor didn’t get paid, either


  19. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:10 pm:

    === geesh…..give it a break===

    Am I spreading it on?

    Should I melt to your plea?

    Maybe stick to something else?

    Should i stop churning them out?

    Are they curdling your stomach?


  20. - dbk - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:13 pm:

    “Created under federal budget constraints.”


  21. - Yucko - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:14 pm:

    Willy…….all of the above….and beyond……


  22. - Lt Guv - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:15 pm:

    Only a fair tax will fix this funding problem.


  23. - JoanP - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:16 pm:

    Once the weather gets warm, I, like COVID-19, will magically disappear.


  24. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:17 pm:

    - Yucko -

    I’m milking these ideas for all their worth.

    You have none. Huh. You should at least try to come up with one and criticize… like half and half…


  25. - 44th - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:20 pm:

    Times are tough. I still remember Minnesota state fair. The beauty queen of the fair would have her head replicated in butter. It was very well done.


  26. - 17% Solution - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:21 pm:

    Butter not mess around with 2020.


  27. - fs - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:21 pm:

    “Butter Cow purists celebrate the first ever cow made entirely of butter and without a frame”


  28. - SAP - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:27 pm:

    They said “lowest responsible bidder”, not “lowest bidder”.


  29. - lake county democrat - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:27 pm:

    Like all great art, it really moo-ves you.


  30. - Rudy’s teeth - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:29 pm:

    Someone’s been playing with LEGOs.


  31. - Just Wondering - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:30 pm:

    Pass me half a biscuit please.


  32. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:31 pm:

    We had a calf too but someone brought muffins and…


  33. - The Magnificent Purple Walnut - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:33 pm:

    Thank you Mister Miller for trying to make this state a “butter place”.


  34. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:33 pm:

    Once it turns bad and green rebrand it Gumby and put it on eBay


  35. - FormerILLobster - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:33 pm:

    2020- Hey, it’s all we could afford


  36. - Michelle Flaherty - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:35 pm:

    Needs more cow bell


  37. - Amalia - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:38 pm:

    the chant “I am butter cow” rings around Illinois.


  38. - Soccermom - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 3:55 pm:

    Fine, Willy. Have it your own whey…


  39. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 4:00 pm:

    Thanks, - Soccermom -

    I was getting creamed.

    Caption?

    It’s a Jersey, you just can’t tell… because it’s blocks and not at all shaped like anything like a cow.


  40. - revvedup - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 4:02 pm:

    “In this year’s episode of the Fair, the part of the Buttow Cow will be played by the Margarine Stick.” :(


  41. - Hollywood - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 4:02 pm:

    It’s the new character from the new Lego movie, Cowabunga


  42. - twowaystreet - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 4:04 pm:

    It’s official, the great butter shortage of 2020 has started.


  43. - @misterjayem - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 4:06 pm:

    “Buh… Buh… But M̶A̶D̶I̶G̶A̶N̶ TER COW‼”

    – MrJM


  44. - mama - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 4:06 pm:

    The udder-less butter cow.


  45. - mama - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 4:09 pm:

    First the coin shortage and now the super- short-butter cow.


  46. - Mama - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 4:13 pm:

    Can I get a fifty cents for this cow?


  47. - Norseman - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 4:16 pm:

    I was really mooved by this tibute to a State Fair tradition we won’t be experiencing this year.


  48. - Keyrock - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 4:31 pm:

    U Can’t Touch This, DuQuoin.


  49. - Enviro - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 4:43 pm:

    First grade art project for September 2020.


  50. - Huh? - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 5:28 pm:

    Might be enough for a baked potato. But bring some more, just in case.


  51. - Glenn - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 8:16 pm:

    That cow is udderly lacking some essential cow parts.


  52. - Anonish - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 9:35 pm:

    They finally got tired of being told they should do more with less.


  53. - Huh? - Monday, Jul 20, 20 @ 9:43 pm:

    Where is the sweet corn and a salt shaker when you need them?


  54. - AnnieH - Tuesday, Jul 21, 20 @ 9:38 pm:

    Once again, the Minnesota State Fair shows us up. https://thetakeout.com/minnesota-state-fair-butter-sculptures-will-continue-1844442078


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