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* This pic has been making the rounds…
Hmm.
posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 9:13 am
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“Illinois - Just One Wrong Turn Away From the Pokey!”
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 9:17 am
I’m just glad the ‘Welcome to Illinois’ sign no longer has the Gov’s name on it.
Comment by Retired Non-Union Guy Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 9:20 am
See, with the budget cuts, there will be cause to remove that second sign soon.
Comment by Boone Logan Square Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 9:22 am
It needs a third sign pointing to Normal …
Comment by Retired Non-Union Guy Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 9:22 am
in other words, “the capitol is straight ahead, and the museum of former governors is to the right.”
Comment by anon Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 9:22 am
I’m surprised Blago’s name is not still on the bottom of the “Welcome to Illinois” sign. He sure fits the second sign.
“Illinois is Open for Business”
Comment by anon sequitor Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 9:24 am
Voters straight ahead, Governors turn right.
Comment by Desert Dweller Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 9:26 am
Route 3
Mental Health Center, AKA General Assembly Spa
Penitentiary, AKA Governor’s Retirement Home
Comment by Wensicia Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 9:27 am
What, they couldn’t get Popeye in the shot, too?
Comment by Peter Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 9:28 am
A picture is worth a thousand words, thanks for the laugh!
Comment by Huggybunny Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 9:28 am
what’s sad about that is that the first thing I thought of when I saw that was the raging debate we had on this blog about pols having their names on those signs when blago was forced out and daley hung em up. that is a sign you’ve spent too much time on the blog.
Comment by shore Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 9:31 am
“Illinois - Take Yer Pick?”
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 9:33 am
Makes you wonder where the truck is coming from and if it’s going to turn left at the ingersection.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 9:34 am
sorry, intersection.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 9:34 am
Like Yogi said, “When you come to the fork in the road, take it.”
Comment by wordslinger Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 9:44 am
Mental Health Center and Penitentiary, aren’t those one in the same?
@RNUG: Wouldn’t that be a u-turn sign?
Comment by thechampaignlife Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 9:51 am
“Illinois - Is there a THIRD choice?”
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 9:56 am
Need another sign pointing into the woods on the left (no pun intended) - “Bankruptcy Court”.
Comment by Nuance Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 10:08 am
“Hoosiers to the Right, Kentuckers Straight Ahead”
Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 10:12 am
You can check out anytime you want but you never leave.
Comment by Joe W. Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 10:19 am
(if I have the sign’s location correct…)
First Capital, turn around
Comment by cover Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 10:20 am
@ Peter - I believe the photographer is standing in Popeye’s front yard in the shade of the bridge, don’t you??
Comment by TimB Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 10:22 am
@Cover - You’re correct
@TimB - Yes sir.
@thechampaignlife - The road to the right takes you to Menard down along the river. Going straight takes you to Chester Mental Health up along the bluffs.
Comment by Peter Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 10:27 am
“This highway leads to the shadowy tip of reality: you’re on a through route to the land of the different, the bizarre, the unexplainable…
Go as far as you like on this road. Its limits are only those of mind itself.
Ladies and Gentlemen, you’re entering the wondrous dimension of imagination. Next stop….The Illinois Zone.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 10:31 am
In the spirit of multi-culturalism, here’s a suggested bilingual addition to the welcome sign:
Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate
Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 11:11 am
What’s the problem? I’s customary for states to promote their most popular attractions when you enter the state.
Comment by one of the 35 Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 11:23 am
“Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, here I am, Stuck in the middle with you” Stealers Wheel
Comment by In on the Joke Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 11:35 am
I guess it says what we already knew; those that live here are either crazy or in jail.
Comment by Tommydanger Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 12:30 pm
Not goog choices, I’ll agree. But if your seeing that sigh you just left “Misery”.
Comment by WhoKnew Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 12:36 pm
Anon – it’s not a “museum of former governors” it’s a living diorama.
Comment by The KQ Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 1:16 pm
When you come to the fork in the road, take it. - Yogi Berra
Comment by getting too old for this Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 3:00 pm
If you peel off the section that contains “from the people of illinois” you will find rods name still there
Comment by foster brooks Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 3:19 pm
=What’s the problem? I’s customary for states to promote their most popular attractions when you enter the state.=
Let’s do some of the other countries a favor, and make this their one and only tour. Then their reps won’t have to fib when they go home to talk about how far the US has fallen to keep up with–and fund–their “much higher” standards of living.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 4:52 pm
The entering Illinois sign does not seem to be casting a shadow.
Comment by Paul Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 5:03 pm
the new sign ..after the Gov closes mental health centers and prisons will read…Welcome to Illinois and a sign pointing to the unemployment office !
Comment by State Worker Thursday, May 17, 12 @ 6:50 pm
Cool picture.. I know this photographer he is a friend of mine…
Comment by Superwoman Friday, May 18, 12 @ 5:49 am