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* This is a problem with most really old basements, but yuck, man. Kurt Erickson…
Reporters in the Capitol are typically used to dealing with shifty and unsavory characters.
Recently, however, even the most grizzled veterans were somewhat frazzled by the appearance of an unwanted visitor in the bathroom nearest to the basement press room.
And no, it wasn’t one of our elected officials.
According to the janitorial crew who keep the place tidy, there was a rat in the newly refurbished west wing water closet.
posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 9:21 am
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Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 9:23 am
was me above 9:23
Comment by walker Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 9:23 am
Got lost trying to find his seat in the House chamber.
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 9:28 am
Was it wearing a wire?
Comment by Knome Sane Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 9:32 am
Aw… as I was reading, I was hoping it was going to be a ghost.
Comment by Just Observing Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 9:34 am
Wow - a rat in the statehouse. Now there’s a shocker!
Comment by Chicago Cynic Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 9:38 am
ComEd has a new lobbyist?
Comment by Chicago Cynic Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 9:38 am
Rod escaped from prison?
Comment by Chicago Cynic Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 9:39 am
Ok, I was just doing that in the spirit of OW because Willy’s apparently not around yet this morning…
Comment by Chicago Cynic Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 9:39 am
Looks like not all of the members of congress have left for the campaign trail just yet…
Comment by Roadiepig Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 9:46 am
Strange, I thought Rahm was in New York this week.
Comment by William j Kelly Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 9:51 am
Turn Squeezy loose, he’ll catch him.
Comment by Wensicia Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 9:52 am
The big question ia whether or not it voted for MAdigan to be speaker.
Comment by train111 Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 9:54 am
Is that unusual? I’d think that tunnel system down there and all the utility rooms would be rat heaven in such an old building.
Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 9:54 am
Maybe he’s a ratatouille there to make the food in the Stratton cafeteria better?
Comment by That Guy Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 9:56 am
Rathskellar refugee?
Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 9:59 am
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 9:59 am:
Rathskellar refugee?
Pretty sure that was the usual Monday Blue Plate Special down there.
Comment by Give Me A Break Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 10:00 am
rats can actually come up through sewers into toilets, but usually cannot climb out due to slick porcelain surface…actually had an older secretary accuse guys in the office of putting one in to scare her…
Comment by downstate commissioner Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 10:02 am
No surprise there. Rats are everywhere. Just read an article about rats in the Louvre gardens in Paris. They like the picnic leftovers.
So, tell the reporters to watch where they discard their lunch scraps!!
Comment by Nearly Normal Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 10:08 am
===Just read an article about rats in the Louvre gardens in Paris===
They’re everywhere in Paris.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 10:09 am
Perhaps it was the Big, Black Union Rat?
Comment by BIG R. Ph. Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 10:20 am
Wednesday’s special at the Stratton Cafeteria…
Comment by KGB Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 10:30 am
Funny really, even the rats don’t show up when the Legislature is in session. lol.
Comment by A guy... Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 10:33 am
Can’t use rat poison for fear of knocking off several of the legislators and lobbyists!
Comment by Sunshine Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 11:11 am
“Frankly, you’re beginning to smell and for a stud in New York, that’s a handicap.” ~ Ratso Rizzo
Comment by Abraham Froman Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 11:17 am
Too easy
Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 11:56 am
If the water closet was newly refurbished I would hate to see what creatures were living there prior to the rat.
Comment by Stones Tuesday, Aug 12, 14 @ 12:36 pm