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Question of the day
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 - Posted by Rich Miller * Former Gov. George Ryan was at the Sangamo Club yesterday for a book-signing, so I stopped by. First thing he asked was where my book was. I told him I forgot my copy at home, but said I’d bring it up to Kankakee this summer…  * The Question: Caption?
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- Roadrager - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 1:35 pm:
“Okay, so how much if I want to get that CDL by COB on Friday?”
- Give Me A Break - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 1:38 pm:
So you can’t find my book, have you checked with Oscar?
- OneMan - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 1:39 pm:
No Rich I will not sign your chest instead.
- anonanonanon - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 1:40 pm:
“Two men aggressively planning out their Jaenicke’s order for June”
- Candy Dogood - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 1:44 pm:
“No, I don’t think anyone has bugged the table cloth.”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 1:44 pm:
“ Urbanek … it’s George… I got Rich Miller here… “
- Dirty Red - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 1:46 pm:
Willy…LOL
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 1:49 pm:
“I’m really having a day, Rich, first Rod stopped by, now you… who’s next, Dan Webb?”
- NIU Grad - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 1:51 pm:
“After all these years, Rich…you still haven’t learned to tie a tie?”
- EssentialStateEmployeeFromChatham - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 1:55 pm:
So George, what did you think about the Sox rehiring LaRussa?
- EssentialStateEmployeeFromChatham - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 1:56 pm:
“I can’t believe it’s now been 100 years since Len Small was Governor.”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 1:56 pm:
“Rich, it was tough inside. Your blog and fax helped keep me going. I can admit that now… “
- Jibba - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 1:56 pm:
“Where’s my cannoli?”
- NorthsideNoMore - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 1:56 pm:
“Rich we should reminisce sometime over a drink, You bring the wine I’ll bring the cigars”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 1:58 pm:
(Sigh) “Yeah, I didn’t actually want to write the book but I had to beat Fawell on this part of the story, so… “
- EssentialStateEmployeeFromChatham - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:01 pm:
==Rich, it was tough inside. Your blog and fax helped keep me going. I can admit that now… “==
“Do I get a free lifetime membership?”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:02 pm:
“Rich, I think I’m going to start one of those podder-castings. Will you be a guest?”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:05 pm:
“Looking back, Rich, being a pharmacist wasn’t all that bad”
- Pizza Man - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:05 pm:
Gov: “Really, Rich?…cancelling my capfax subscription member since 1989!”
- Boone's is Back - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:07 pm:
“You again? I never thought you’d outlast Madigan.”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:09 pm:
“Wow. That’s a good question. I hadn’t thought about the movie rights, Rich”
- Anyone Remember - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:10 pm:
Can you believe what’s going on with Mike McClain?
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:11 pm:
“Rich, (pause) I shoulda listened to Paul Lis”
- Pizza Man - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:18 pm:
“Rich, by the way…have you seen Mikey Madigan? I went to 300 but he wasn’t there, checked the cafeteria, committee rooms…I want him to buy my book!”
- Nearly Normal - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:19 pm:
So which one’s the confessor and which one is the penitent?
- Grandson of Man - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:20 pm:
“Sigh……now I have nothing to sign”
“I’m sorry…”
- Perrid - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:23 pm:
“Rich, I told you I didn’t want my picture taken.”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:26 pm:
“No too much, Rich… with Covid gone I might head to U of I this fall on a day Edgar is lecturing to stir the pot, but, no real firm plans too far out”
- Six Degrees of Separation - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:29 pm:
I would’ve gotten away with it too, if it wasn’t for you meddling kids!
- NIref - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:30 pm:
Please make it out to Scott Willis.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:32 pm:
“Did I ask you if you had a cigar, Rich?”
“You did. It’s still a no”
“Right… right”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:34 pm:
“Since me? Lemme think… no, Rod… Rod, no way… Quinn? I mean… he’s Pat Quinn… that’s a no… Rauner, the fella with the costumes, no way, odd guy. I guess Pritzker is the best governor after me… I guess… “
- don the legend - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:35 pm:
“Rich, you should really see someone about your narcolepsy.”
- Bruce( no not him) - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:41 pm:
No, Rich. I am not going to run again against Pritzker. I told you several times already.
- Give Us Barabbas - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 2:46 pm:
Back in the day, when some reporter would be giving George a harder time than usual, he’d sometimes make a diversion by asking said reporter; “You want a job?” Everybody would guffaw and he’d get out of the scrum or take a new question topic. I think he did that to Magliari a time or two, and maybe Kelly Smith. The underlying implication I got out of his joke was that the reporter was trying too hard to make an impression of toughness for his or her audience, not that said reporter was auditioning for a staff job. But you can certainly count up the former Springfield reporters that ended up as state spokespersons for yourself.
- 4 percent - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 3:09 pm:
Wait, I thought I commuted your sentence… I didn’t release you.
- Bigtwich - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 3:28 pm:
this is what you should be thinking about: Who you are… in this moment of time… and who you want to be. You get one life. You decide how you’re gonna spend it. Fortunately… there is no better place for self-reflection… than detention.
- EssentialStateEmployeeFromChatham - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 3:30 pm:
“Rich, what on earth has happened to Channel 20’s news since I was Governor?”
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 3:37 pm:
You’re a wise and considerate young man, Rich.
And you’re a great man, Mr. Ryan. There’s much I can learn from you.
Whatever I can do to help, Rich. You’re young, I’m old and sick. What we will do together in the next few months will make history, Rich, history. It’s never been done before. Not even Mike Madigan would dream that such a thing could be possible.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 3:41 pm:
GHR: We’ll put the band back together, do a few gigs, we get some bread. Bang, Five thousand bucks. Save the school
Rich: Yeah, well, getting the band back together might not that be that easy, George.
GHR: What are you talking about?
Rich: They split, they all took straight jobs.
GHR: Yeah, so you know where they are. You said you were gonna keep in touch with them.
Rich: Well… I got a couple of leads, a few phone numbers, but I mean, how many of them visited or even wrote you, huh?
GHR: They’re not the kinda guys who write letters. You were outside, I was inside. You were supposed to keep in touch with the band. I kept asking you if we were gonna play again.
Rich: Well, what was I gonna do? Take away your only hope? Take away the very thing that kept you going in there? I took the liberty of … you, okay?
GHR: You lied to me.
Rich: It wasn’t a lie, it was just…
- Kayak - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 4:19 pm:
Now I hear comes the preacher for to save my soul
With 13 minutes to go
- Independent - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 4:23 pm:
If you give me a book I could have you sign it. Please?
- Red Ketcher - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 4:35 pm:
anonanonanon - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 1:40 pm:
“Two men aggressively planning out their Jaenicke’s order for June”
Jaenicke’s , Blue’s , Carlo’s , Station St DQ , and the Tiny Tap about Kankakee survuvors that are hard to beat.
- Eastern Bloc Gulag - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 4:42 pm:
“Forgive me Father for I have sinned. It has been…”
- zatoichi - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 5:33 pm:
I know we are playing imaginary chess, but you keep staying 3 steps ahead of me.
- Getsome - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 5:40 pm:
You’re out rich.
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- The Night Fox - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 7:00 pm:
Remember Cuba?
- Marine Life - Wednesday, May 19, 21 @ 8:07 pm:
Rich: George, whatever you do don’t review your on book on Amazon.
George: (Gulps.)