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* Did you go to the Illinois State Fair last week? If so, how was the experience? If not, why not?
Ah, forget that. It’s not the one we should be doing today.
Mike Murray wisely suggested to me that we use this State Fair photo as a caption contest. I didn’t because it’s clearly copyrighted.
So, click here, view the photo, then come back and give us a funny caption, please.
posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 11:31 am
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No. Boys had two-a-days in football. You absolutely can’t miss them. I suspect the same is true for all the high school football and other fall sport families around the state.
Comment by wordslinger Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 11:42 am
Really John, this man is clearly not going to get elected so why would we pass a tax increase?
Comment by WOW Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 11:43 am
Clowns to the left of me,
jokers to right, here I am,
stuck in the middle with you.
Comment by Bluefish Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 11:43 am
And THAT, sir, is how the cow ate the cabbage.
Comment by Anon Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 11:45 am
After protracted end-game negotiations with Speaker Madigan and Sen. Pres. Cullerton, Gov. Quinn makes a last desperate attempt to walk away with something.
Comment by wordslinger Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 11:48 am
It’s too easy, but “Between a rock and a hard place”
Comment by disgusted in chi boogie Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 11:49 am
Here’s how we do it….corn-dogs,fries, butterfly pork chops. Of course the rib-eye steak sandwich is great. So cheer up and lets get started!
Comment by Justice Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 11:49 am
Quinn: Uh, guys? I’m sitting right here. There’s no need to talk about me in the third person.
Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 11:50 am
President Cullerton says, “If I were governor, I woulda paid double for my ticket.”
Speaker interjects: “No, no, no. If I were governor, I woulda paid triple.”
Comment by Sarbanharble Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 11:50 am
So, I hear they are planning to make a sequel to “Grumpy Old Men”. What do you think?
Comment by Balance Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 11:50 am
Mike Madigan shows off his “Judo Chop.”
Comment by Speaking at Will Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 11:54 am
MJM: So John, do you think we should host Hynes’ fundraiser at Sebastian’s or the Sangamo? Lean back, Pat, the grownups are talking.
Comment by Obamarama Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 11:55 am
Pat Quinn realized if he leans back just so and if a cable snaps on the cable car ride, perhaps just perhaps he can get a freer hand in running the state.
Comment by OneMan Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 11:59 am
Now, Half way to St. Patty’s Night at the Cell is September 18, this year, John, I have your Ticket, Pat I’ll get you a ticket if you can give my daughter a break more often, okay…..
Comment by I'm just saying Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 12:01 pm
After quietly finishing a long, but descriptively gross joke, Mike comes to the punch line: “…..The Aristocrats”.
Comment by zatoichi Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 12:03 pm
MJM “You guys need to approach things like Lisa and me. Daniels, Farley, Birkett, then Birkett thinking she was out … and now Cross. We Madigans do the quick chop, then go to the next guy.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 12:08 pm
three blind mice
Comment by Little Lucy Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 12:08 pm
Moe, Larry and Shemp.
Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 12:10 pm
Clearly a reversed negative. Madigan isn’t to the left on anything.
Comment by A Naughty Moose Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 12:15 pm
Cullerton, “Whoa, Mike, start over. You just allow a dem primary for governor, then have Lisa run 4 years from now? That’s it? I dunno, Pat, think that might work?”
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 12:17 pm
So I said to Rod, “Rod…you gotta start checking for bugs, you’re not that clever”.
Comment by SpfldJimbo Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 12:17 pm
May the cat eat you and the devil eat the cat!
Comment by Paddy's Pig Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 12:19 pm
Governor Quinn does his best to hold down his corn dog and funnel cake while Speaker Madigan describes the closing scene in “Inglorious Basterds”.
Comment by Old Shepherd Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 12:24 pm
So that is what a wedgie looks like!
Comment by Out There Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 12:38 pm
MJM: These three Irishmen take over a government…
Comment by Abe's Ghost Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 1:06 pm
So three Irishmen walk into a restaurant, one orders an apple, the second asks for water and the free peanuts, and the third one says I’m not eating I’m just here to visit.
Comment by Bonsaso Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 1:07 pm
So, the guy with the Irish baseball cap always, always wins, got it !! Chrome dome and bad hair day begrudgeonly concede to the wisdom of the chessmaster.
Comment by A Citizen Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 1:15 pm
I sure wish I could be like Mikey…..
Comment by Pat collins Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 1:20 pm
Sorry, Pat, this conversation is only for those wearing watches. Now go enjoy the giant slide like Big Jim did while we talk some shop…
Comment by Vote Quimby! Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 1:31 pm
Contrares??? Contrares??? I said why don’t you just bring back Garcia???
Comment by not on the clout list Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 1:39 pm
John I’m telling you Capt Fax told me TugBoat Andy McKenna is quitting/jumpin’/dumpin’ and yet another guy Brady will get the job and issue a gag order for GOP Day at the Fair. It is so bad that Edgar is running out of town right now.
Paddy, my boy, you might be in after all SubGov or not.
Comment by CircularFiringSquad Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 1:40 pm
Monkey in the Middle!
Comment by frost Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 1:41 pm
WINKIN’ BLINKIN’ AND NOD…
Comment by JoJo Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 1:50 pm
JC: You know, Mike, after a few beers, I can’t see you too well . . . and did you just say “fugeddaboutit?”
PQ (thinking): Jeez, I owe my JOB to this man. What a long, strange trip it’s been . . .
MJM: So, the ward guy says, “I can’t talk about that now, this is a party line.” Get it? party line?!
Comment by Captain Flume Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 1:59 pm
Pat Quinn’s reaction as he realizes Madigan is telling Cullerton the real reason they removed Blagojevich.
Comment by unclesam Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 1:59 pm
MJM: You have to CUT CUT CUT the budget
Comment by Master Plan Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 2:01 pm
MIke Madigan: “follow me to the pot of gold”
Comment by ahoy Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 2:14 pm
So 12:00 noon rolls around and you have to ask yourself, what’s it going to be today? Generally speaking, I go with a nice Red Delicious. Hard to go wrong there, but sometimes you want a little change from the usual. The classic McIntosh is good in that situation, common but still different enough to mix into the menu every now and then just to say, “hey, I’m not a creature of habit, I can try something different.”
Then there are days like today, and a juicy Granny Smith is the way to go. As green as my Sox cap, and bursting with flavor.
Trust me fellas, you may think I’m inflexible and rigid when it comes to apples, but the truth is I’m mixing it up more than you’ll ever know. In fact, that’s one of the keys to my success and longevity. True story.
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 2:16 pm
MJM: Ok John, to figure out who to endorse for Governor, let’s play Paper Rock Scizzors. I win, it’s Hynes. You win, it’s this guy.
Comment by 312 Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 2:23 pm
Sez the Prez to the Speaker: “You’re WHAT???? Running for governor? With the…..GREEN PARTY???”
(P.S. — don’tcha love MJM’s “Rick Nielsen” look!)
Comment by Dooley Dudright Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 2:25 pm
so, you CUT the apple like this, then like this for lunch every day, and voila — regular as a clock every day!
Comment by dupage progressive Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 2:27 pm
I’m a celebrity get me out of here.
Comment by Njardar Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 2:29 pm
Pat Quinn thinking: The amount this guy speaks, you would think that he is running state government.
Comment by QC Transplant Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 2:47 pm
A thorn between two thorns
Comment by eileen left Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 2:48 pm
MJM: I thought we both agreed to feign support by wearing green?
Gov: Guys I’m right here.
Comment by COPN Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 2:53 pm
THE THREE STOOGES: 2009 VERSION!
MADIGAN AS MOE;
CULLERTON AS LARRY; AND OF COURSE
QUINN AS CURLEY (THE ONE WHO GETS DUMPED ON AND SLAPPED AROUND THE MOST).
Comment by OLD TIMER Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 2:55 pm
“…and that’s how I stole this cap and shirt from Augusta National.”
Comment by downstater Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 2:56 pm
MJM: “Let me take you for a ride in my big green tractor.”
Comment by midwesterner Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 3:22 pm
“….and that is why the chicken crossed the road.”
Comment by Boscobud Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 3:24 pm
The color scheme of these guys sitting together is equal to the historical flag of Afghanistan. Completely true.
Comment by Silly facts Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 3:38 pm
John…is he still there?
Comment by Commonsense in Illinois Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 4:12 pm
MJM: Ooklay, Isalay illway ickkay atPay’s uttbay!
Comment by KeepSmiling Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 4:23 pm
JC: “Nice hat, Mike. Lose a bet?”
MJM: “If you two gentlemen would practice better health and dietary habits, like wearing a hat in the August southern sun, you would have more hair on your head, let alone avoid development of what some people call ‘man boobs.’”
Comment by Arthur Andersen Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 4:32 pm
Can you guys think of any other ways we can stick it to AFSCME ?
Comment by Pete Granata Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 4:56 pm
Pat. We told you not to eat that third deep-fried Snickers bar. When are you gonna start listening to us?
Comment by Blind Faith Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 7:33 pm
Hear no evil, say no evils, see no evil
Comment by Ricketts Field Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 9:33 pm
Stuck on a Ferris wheel.
Comment by Cheswick Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 10:52 pm
You’ve got to understand, we grew up near the airport..It belonged to Paulie. We had friends and relatives who worked all over the place and they tipped us off to what was coming in and what was going out…Whenever we needed money, we robbed the airport. To us it was better than Citibank.
Comment by Quizzical Monday, Aug 24, 09 @ 11:04 pm
They’re always after me lucky charms!
Comment by Old Shepherd Tuesday, Aug 25, 09 @ 8:45 am
Old Shepherd @ 8:45 am: Yours gets my vote!
Comment by Captain Flume Tuesday, Aug 25, 09 @ 9:04 am
Look, I am not going to say it again. The VCR needs to be on channel 3, regardless of the channel you want to record. What don’t you get about this?
Comment by Anon Tuesday, Aug 25, 09 @ 9:32 am