* I saw this on Twitter, but a legislator also snapped a pic this morning outside the Capitol Building…

*** UPDATE 1 *** From comments…

A few minutes ago, the shirt had moved to cover the old drinking fountain next [to] the security station inside the East entrance to the Stratton Building.

And here it is…

*** UPDATE 2 *** It’s been moved again…

*** UPDATE 3 *** On the move…

*** UPDATE 4 *** Landed…

*** UPDATE 5 *** Tucked in for the night…

       

102 Comments - The Opinions Bureau - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 10:40 am: “Can’t believe John Cullerton made the Rapture list” - South of Sherman - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 10:40 am: “I would give Mike Madigan the shirt off my back, but since I can’t seem to find him at the moment, I’ll just leave it here.” — just about any Com Ed executive, probably - SOIL M - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 10:40 am: What’s more useless than an empty suit? - Loyal Virus - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 10:40 am: I’m gonna need you to come in on a Saturday - CO - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 10:44 am: “Gordon Gekko is in the building” - twowaystreet - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 10:47 am: Superman had a few crimes to stop before getting back to his uncover gig as a lobbyist. - Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 10:49 am: Illinois dirty laundry - Former ILSIP - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 10:50 am: I found the shirt, now where did I leave the seersucker suit? - Candy Dogood - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 10:51 am: “Won’t people see us together if I put the bribe in your shirt pocket at the Capitol? - Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 10:51 am: The shirt that wore the camera - Stuck in Celliniland - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 10:52 am: “Too cheap to send a staffer over to the laundromat at Fairhills Mall to have this shirt dry cleaned.” - Steve Rogers - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 10:53 am: Yeeahhhh, Loyal Virus beat me to it. - Ink-Stained Wretch - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 10:54 am: I wondered when Miller would literally hang some pol out to dry. - twowaystreet - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 10:55 am: Ruh-roh raggy - ArchPundit - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 10:56 am: Never seen a woman throw out a man’s clothes and hang them up. - Big Dipper - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 10:57 am: Male strippers again? - twowaystreet - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:07 am: Limited office space in Stratton is forcing some lawmakers to get creative for storing spare shirts. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:07 am: Yesterday was Topless Tuesday at the Capitol. - Rich Miller - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:07 am: Must’ve been a rough night at Boone’s. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:07 am: “Look. Up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s a plane…” - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:08 am: “In this ad, wear the white shirt” - twowaystreet - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:08 am: The “take a shirt, leave a shirt” initiative lacking adequate state funding is off to a slow start. - Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:11 am: Shirting the law - Michelle Flaherty - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:11 am: The shirts vs skins House/Senate softball game is something no one wants to see. - Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:12 am: Take the money leave the shirt - Stuck in Celliniland - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:12 am: “This shirt, valued at about $200 or so, can be yours Free.” - H-W - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:18 am: No shirts allowed beyond this point. - Give Me A Break - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:18 am: Low bidder won the dry cleaning delivery contract. - Rich Miller - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:18 am: After Harry spilled coffee he’d purchased from that new stand on the 2nd floor, he washed it in a sink and hung it out to dry. He’s currently hiding in the construction site… shirtless and shivering. - twowaystreet - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:18 am: Did no one tell Mark Maxwell that “hanging you shirt up?” was a figure of speech before he left WCIA? - The Ford Lawyer - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:19 am: No, I said “leave the gun, take the shirt.” - twowaystreet - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:22 am: “That’s the last of it!” exclaimed Speaker Welch as he finally rid his office of all of Madigan’s possessions. - Loop Lady - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:25 am: Well, at least he wasn’t a stuffed shirt.. - Keyrock - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:27 am: An unusually tough walk of shame from the Stratton building. - Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:30 am: Rauner Capitol Portrait - twowaystreet - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:31 am: It’s a shame that Bailey’s last piece of legislation to create a state sponsored fighting pit outside the capitol hasn’t gained more traction. He’s been standing inside that thing shirtless since November. - Gravitas - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:32 am: If the IGOLD march gets too rowdy, I can simply change shirts and make my exit stage right without being noticed. - Dave Dahl - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:32 am: But who will wear the jacket? - Facts Matter - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:32 am: A few minutes ago, the shirt had moved to cover the old drinking fountain next the security station inside the East entrance to the Stratton Building. - Rich Miller - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:36 am: Stephen Finder, the sole registered opponent of SB1699, paid up on a bet after the bill cleared the Senate 54-0. - Rich Miller - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:37 am: ===A few minutes ago, the shirt had moved=== Somebody needs to get a pic of that. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:39 am: The Hulk keeps shirts everywhere - JS Mill - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:42 am: Darren LaHood back visiting the Statehouse. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:42 am: Kramer: Well, the we saw this woman, and she was wearing a bra with no top. Jackie Chiles: No top? She didn’t have a top on? Kramer: No. So I got distracted and I crashed the car. Jackie Chiles: Well, how would you describe this woman? Would you say she was an attractive woman? Kramer: Oh, yeah. Jackie Chiles: So we got an attractive woman, wearing a bra, no top, walking around in broad daylight. She’s flouting society’s conventions. Kramer: She was flouting. Jackie Chiles: That’s totally inappropriate. It’s lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous. Kramer: It was outrageous. - Jocko - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:45 am: The legislative version of a scarecrow to keep Bailey off the grounds. - Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:45 am: The invisible lobbyist got thirst - Loop Lady - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:48 am: Shirts are optional today in the Statehouse…sorry ladies, men only. - Pot calling kettle - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:50 am: Oh d**n, that’s where I left it. I’ll post a caption when I get back. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:52 am: Speaker Welch had to buy a whole new wardrobe of short-tailed shirts since he started wearing his pants under his armpits. - Amalia - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 11:59 am: Empty Shirt ISO Empty Suit. Objective, Powerplay - Rudy’s teeth - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 12:12 pm: If the shirt is Egyptian cotton with French cuffs, it must be a leftover from Blago’s term. - Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 12:15 pm: I’m just an empty shell bill on Capitol hill - Michelle Flaherty - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 12:19 pm: That empty shirt is making $5K a month on ComEd’s payroll per McClain. - Captain Obvious - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 12:20 pm: Not the first legislator to shirt himself, just the latest. - Huh? - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 12:24 pm: A Winchester shirt on gun lobby day. - Cheswick - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 12:27 pm: A call to order of the blue stripe shirt caucus. - Amurica - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 12:32 pm: Have shirt-will travel - Dotnonymous - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 12:32 pm: Sell it… to the Lincoln Library. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 12:34 pm: Good Will makes an emergency delivery after Mr. Bailey has an unfortunate accident with a flamethrower. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 12:34 pm: Sadly, the shirt, like the stovepipe hat, could not be authenticated. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 12:36 pm: Monk Mayfair: “Ham, where did you put Doc’s spare shirt?” - Amalia - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 12:54 pm: Shirt says, I’m from the door but I have lots of experience elsewhere and I grew up outside the door. Like Paul Vallas. - Keyrock - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 12:55 pm: Mike McClain did say he’d give his friend the shirt off his back. - The Magnificent Purple Walnut - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 12:55 pm: The label says Carhartt. Did Bruce leave a forwarding address??? - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 12:56 pm: The brotherhood of the traveling shirt - thisjustinagain - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 1:01 pm: Kids! Adults! Legislators! It’s time to play “Where’s The Shirt” (banned punctuation). Identify where the shirt is seen and win prizes and acclaim. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 1:02 pm: No shirt, No shoes, No legislation - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 1:03 pm: “No, mine was yellow. It’s around here somewhere” - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 1:08 pm: Acting out of instinct, Mr. DeVore had filed three lawsuits against it before noticing the shirt was empty. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 1:12 pm: “People are on edge here these days. I went to talk to a legislator and they told me he had to be sure and handed me a hanger. I haven’t seen my shirt since and they still won’t support my bill. But, things are looking up, I’m meeting other legislators at this sauna joint” - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 1:13 pm: Observing that the shirt, under indoor light, was actually gray instead of blue, Mr. Bailey immediately put it on and donned his “Stars and Bars” necktie. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 1:17 pm: Lance Yednock: “So then the constituent’s kid says, ‘Can I take a picture of you holding my pet skunk? He’s really friendly.’” - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 1:19 pm: Pat Quinn: “Has anybody claimed this shirt here?” - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 1:36 pm: Alexi Giannoulias: “Hey, that would go great with my basketball cufflinks.” - btowntruth from forgottonia - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 1:47 pm: Never had the makings of a varsity shirt. - We’ll See - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 1:53 pm: If this is a teaser for a spinoff of the The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants I’m betting the movie will be pretty lame. - Anon221 - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 1:53 pm: New interactive GPS game at the Capitol- Laundry Caching. - Rudy’s teeth - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 2:01 pm: So Tony sez, “We don’t want no shirt nobody sent.” - twowaystreet - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 2:33 pm: This shirt is more popular than the IL Senate. - Rich Miller - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 2:38 pm: ===more popular than the IL Senate=== Low bar. - northsider (the original) - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 2:53 pm: “I’m too sexy for my shirt” - Oneman - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 2:59 pm: If you get close to it I swear you can hear a CB radio. or Once they saw the collar tag that said Radio Shack everyone kept their distance from it. - Jackie - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 3:29 pm: It’s magic -nothing up my sleeves. - Dotnonymous - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 3:32 pm: Illinois has a Senate? - Dotnonymous - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 3:33 pm: Yeah…looks like we’re gonna need you to come in Sunday…too. - Amalia - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 3:59 pm: Shirt sited with suited human. - Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 4:01 pm: How to lose your shirt - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 4:02 pm: This shirt is like “Bill” in the “Schoolhouse Rock” cartoon. Hopefully it doesn’t get a Veto - Proud Sucker - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 4:48 pm: I’m just a shirt. Yes, I’m only a shirt. And I’m hanging here on Capitol Yurt. (I had to make it rhyme). - Rudy’s teeth - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 4:56 pm: Is that Joe Berrios in the picture? - walker - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 5:22 pm: Marty Party cleanup - Rich Miller - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 6:30 pm: ===Is that=== LOL No. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 6:41 pm: That shirt needs its own Twitter account. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 6:49 pm: That shirt has had a long day. It’s tuckered out - Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 9:31 pm: prototype illionois new flag - Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 9:33 pm: Home alone - Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 9:36 pm: Spending time at the hanger - Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 9:53 pm: Its shirty covering pension - Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 9:55 pm: K street rally day - Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 10:15 pm: Airbnb five star review - NotMe - Thursday, Mar 30, 23 @ 12:40 am: I believe the law of great ideas applies here @47thward…depending where EmptyShirt shows up tomorrow, I guess? - Rabid - Thursday, Mar 30, 23 @ 5:52 am: Take your shirt to work day Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.