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* The setup…
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he’s looking for ideas for a wager with Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on the NFC Championship Game [between the Bears and the Packers]. […]
Walker wants to broker a bet with Quinn on the outcome. He says he’s thinking about offering beer, sausage or cheese, but would like get more creative. He’s looking for suggestions from the public through his Twitter account.
* The Question: Suggestions?
Snark is heavily encouraged, of course.
posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 7:47 am
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How about a rail car company?
Double or nothing on the rail grant funds?
Loser gets the winners state debt?
The V-8 out of Pat’s fridge?
Comment by OneMan Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:08 am
If Green Bay wins (which I hope they do, oh my god please don’t ban me…) Quinn sends up a Chicago deep dish pizza and a six pack of Goose Island.
If Chicago wins, Walker sends down some sausage cheese and a six pack of Leinenkugal.
That sounds about equal.
Comment by MKA1985 Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:10 am
MKA1985, I won’t ban you, but you might want to keep a low profile here this week. It’s only gonna get worse.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:12 am
Loser has to keep his mouth shut for a month, barring a state or national emergency. No public pronouncements, no speeches, no press releases, no interviews, no nothing.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:14 am
If the Bears LOSE - Illinois gets Wisconsin’s campaign finance laws ….
If the Packers LOSE - Wisconsin gets Illinois’ state debt.
It would be the most attended sporting event by state politicians … ever!
Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:15 am
Before the 1989 World Series between the A’s and the Giants, the mayor of San Francisco was asked if he was going to make a bet with the mayor of Oakland. He said no, because “there’s nothing in Oakland I want.” Wouldn’t you love to see Pat Quinn play that card here?
Comment by A.J. Feeley's Clipboard Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:25 am
If Chicago wins, we get Walker as our Gov. If the cheeseheads win, they get Quinn. GO BEARS!
Comment by IlliniTim Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:26 am
If Bears win, Illinois has legal rights to use the late Sen. William Proxmire’s unused “Golden Fleece Award” - no one has been using that lately - in Wisconsin or Illinois, and it ought to be brought back on all levels of government with deep feeling. Green Bay wins - Gov. Walker gets instructive reading material on who he is fooling with in Illinois - as Gov. Quinn gives him books like “Make No Waves, Back No Losers,” “Boss” and “We Don’t Want Nobody, Nobody Sent.” I thought about working former Gov Blagojevich into some arrangement involving long term seclusion at an abandoned Dell’s water park (but I doubt he is in the waging spirit).
Comment by washedmyhands Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:26 am
A land swap. If we win, we get Kenosha County, WI. If they win, they get … no,not Lake — can’t lose Ravinia. … Jo Davies, on the other end… no, home of US Grant, can’t lose that. If they win they get McHenry County.
Comment by Muskrat Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:31 am
If Packers win, Wisconsin gets Rockford. If Packers lose, Wisconsin gets Rockford.
Just kidding.
I think.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:35 am
If the Bears lose, Gov. Quinn has to wear a cheesehead hat next time he addresses the legislature. If the Bears win, Gov. Walker donates 50 bucks to Gov Quinn’s charity of choice.
anon@8:30 –lighten up.
Comment by waitress practicing politics. . Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:37 am
Loser gets Blago.
Comment by What planet is he from again? Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:47 am
If the Bears win, Illinois gets Wisconsin’s tax structure which would yield much more state revenue than Illinois’.
If the Bears lose Wisconsin gets to keep their governor and gets a Chicago Hot Dog, Mayor Daley.
Comment by Bill Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:50 am
If Bears win - Mike Madigan becomes Speaker of the Wisconsin House (have fun wiht that Walker)
If Packers win - Wisconsin citizens can vote in the Chicago mayoral election.
Comment by CLJ Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:50 am
If the Packers lose, they have to hold any Favre sexting/retirement/lawsuit press conferences in Green Bay.
If the Bears lose, Chico comes back to say, “Told Ya, Ya shoulda kept me!”
cheese vs. meat….meat wins! Go Bears!
Comment by amalia Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:53 am
If the Packers win, they get Cook County and Chicago; if the Bears win, Wisconsin still gets Cook County and Chicago.
Comment by in Paris Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:53 am
If Green Bay wins, Wisconsin gets to expel all of the Chicago politicians who assemble at the Giordano’s Pizza in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
If Chicago wins, a George Webb’s restaurant will open in Block 37.
Comment by Honest Abe Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:58 am
Offer him 161 characters.
Comment by JN Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:58 am
Considering Illinois’ rotten credit rating, whatever Quinn wagers, it should be put in escrow.
Comment by John Ruberry Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 8:59 am
“Can I marry this table or this, you know, clock? Can we marry dogs?”
If the Packers win, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch gets her choice of clock or table from the Governor’s Mansion — or the governor’s dog.
If the Bears win, Quinn will have to be referred to as “Bratwurst Boy” by all Cheeseheads.
Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:00 am
If Packers lose, Wisconsin has to shut down that silly Tommy Bartlett show. If Bears lose, the show moves to Ravinia.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:01 am
If the Packers win, Quinn has to dress up as “Walker: Texas (or WI) Ranger” and if the Bears win Walker has to dress as “Gov. Quinn, Medicine Woman”
Comment by Officer McNulty Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:01 am
If Chicago wins, Judy Baar Topinka’s accordian playing act is restricted to playing performances the Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis.
If Green Bay wins, Governor Walker gets to post “Escape to Wisconsin” billboards along every mile of the Illinois tollway for the next year.
Comment by Honest Abe Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:04 am
If Chicago wins, Quinn gets a 10% discount at all Super 8’s in Wisconsin.
If Wisconsin wins, Walker gets free rides on all Amtrak routes in Illinois.
Comment by Montrose Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:04 am
No matter who wins, in the spirit of civility both the Govs agree to do the public a favor and put a moratorium on these silly and trite sports wagers for the remainder of their terms.
Comment by Responsa Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:13 am
If Bears win they send us Wisconsin’s legislature; if Packer’s win Quinn sends them a vat of Jello and Sheila.
Comment by You Can't Stop What's Coming Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:15 am
If Bears win, Walker gives Pat Quinn that piece of tin foil that amused him so when they met. If the Packers win, we come with torches and burn Wisconsin to the ground.
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:22 am
A bit harsh, Anon 9:22, but it certainly made me laugh.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:23 am
*No matter who wins, in the spirit of civility both the Govs agree to do the public a favor and put a moratorium on these silly and trite sports wagers for the remainder of their terms.*
The losing state has to take all the people from the winning state who cannot lighten up enough to see wagers like this are all in good fun and actually further a tone of civility.
Comment by Montrose Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:24 am
If Chicago wins Wisconsin gets Quinn for their Gov, if Green Bay wins Wisconsin still gets Quinn for their Governor! That way we all win.
Comment by KnuckleHead Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:24 am
Send us one of those high mileage cars from up there. What’s it called? The Reince Priebus?
Comment by just sayin' Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:24 am
If the Bears win, Blago gets sent to the federal pen at Oxford immediately.
If the Packers win, Blago get sent to Marion immediately.
Comment by Meanderthal Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:25 am
If the Bears win, all those Wisconsin people who drive slow and walk slow and make crazed lane changes and look up rather than straight ahead in the downtown/Streeterville/River North area need to stay out of Chicago for a month (it is not like they spend money here so there will be no economic loss).
If the Bears lose — ha, don’t be ridiculous. Not going to happen.
Comment by Skeeter Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:26 am
Winner … gets Lake Geneva for once and for all!
Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:27 am
Bears win, Wisconsin gets Mike Madigan.
Packers win, Wisconsin gets Mike Madigan.
Comment by Nick Name Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:27 am
If the Bears win, Illinois businesses get the same new friendly tax treatment WI is rolling out.
If the Packers win, Wisconsin gets to put up a toll at the border for flatlanders to pay an entry tax.
Comment by Plutocrat03 Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:31 am
===Illinois businesses get the same new friendly tax treatment WI is rolling out.===
It ain’t so friendly.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:31 am
If the Packers win, Illinois gets Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch. If the Bears win, Wisconsin gets Illinois Lt. Gov. Shiela Simon. (The politicians on both sides would want to lose.)
Comment by Geek Marine Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:32 am
If the Bears win, we get to keep jobs and companies packing to move across the border. If the Packers win… Oh, never mind.
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:34 am
If the Packers win, Illinois gets concealed carry.
If the Bears win, Wisconsin gets Rod Blagojevich.
Comment by MM Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:35 am
If the Packers win, Cheeseheads ride free on Illinois tollways for a month. If the Bears win, Cheeseheads must build a high-speed rail system between Chicago and Madison with their own money.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:36 am
That last one seems actually 100% reasonable Rich. Bravo.
Comment by Wow Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:46 am
If the Packers win, Quinn has to be towel boy for a day at a Wisconsin Dells indoor water park.
If the Bears win, Walker has to be towel boy for a day at Cook County Jail.
Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:47 am
If Packers win, they get Six Flags, Gibson’s, and a years supply of Al’s Beef. If Bears win, we get Door County, Summerfest, and a years supply of Usinger’s sausages.
Comment by KGB Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:52 am
If the Bears win, Gov. Walker has to pay for Gov. Quinn’s Amtrak ticket to Dallas for the Super Bowl.
If the Packers win, Gov. Quinn will send the Illinois state plane to bring Gov. Walker to Dallas. And Gov. Walker should feel free to also do some campaign fundraisers while he’s down there.
Comment by A.J. Feeley's Clipboard Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:56 am
If Bears win I get a huge, multi-million dollar state grant from Wisconsin to start a Capitol Fax up there. If Packers win, I’ll shut up about that goofy governor of theirs for a month.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:57 am
Off the top I can’t think of anything in Wisconsin that we would want down here.
Comment by Stones Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:57 am
How about if the Bears win, we give the cheeseheads all the Asian carp they can eat. IF the Pack wins we give them all the Asian carp the CAN’T eat.
Comment by bassdoctor Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:58 am
not sure what it should be but the safest bet in town is that there’s gonna be a whole lot of sad fat people and a whole lot happy fat people. maybe bet salads.
Comment by zatarain Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:59 am
If Packers lose, Lt. Gov. Sheila and her band appear main stage at Summerfest.
If Bears lose, Lt. Gov. Sheila and her band appear main stage at Lollapalooza.
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 9:59 am
Whoever loses has to put “Bears [or Packers] rule!” on all the state’s digital highway signage. Also, losing governor has to have Rod and Patti over for dinner.
Comment by PFK Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:04 am
Oops. Anonymous 9:59 was me.
Comment by Aldyth Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:07 am
If the Packers win, Chicago has to start disinfecting its wastewater.
If the Bears win, Illinois annexes the Dells.
Comment by Boone Logan Square Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:15 am
If Bears win, Bears flag must fly from Wisconsin State Capitol for a day. If Pack wins, their flag flies from Illinois State Capitol.
Totally possible.
Comment by KGB Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:19 am
Embarrassed to say my last suggestion was in the linked article, WHICH I HAD NOT READ.
Nevermind.
Comment by KGB Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:21 am
If the Packers win the Wisconsin Indian tribes get to build a casino in Chicago.
If the Bears win the Chicago Irish tribes get to build a casino in Lake Geneva.
Comment by Irish Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:22 am
If the Bears win, Wisconsin can give tax breaks to the first 20 companies that move up there. If the Bears win, Wisconsin can’t give tax breaks to the first 20 companies who want to move up there. Illinois gets to count.
Comment by drowning in debt Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:24 am
Battle for the Brat Stop
Make the location of the iconic restaurant based on the outcome of the game.
Comment by A.B. Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:26 am
If the Bears win, we get Madison.
If the Pack win, they get Waukegan
Comment by Rudykzooti Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:26 am
If Green Bay wins, Walker gets a free trip to the Illinois university of his choice so he can attempt to get a college degree.
After Da Bears win, Quinn gets a free trip to the UW-Madison executive leadership program, where he can attempt to acquire some much needed communication, budgetary and management skills.
Comment by Kielbasa King Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:27 am
If Wisconsin wins, every statue of Lincoln in Illinois has to wear a cheesehead for one day.
If Illinois wins, Pat Quinn gets to win the sausage races at all Brewer’s games.
Comment by Montrose Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:32 am
If the Bears lose they have to go back to Platteville for training camp for the next five years.
If the Packers lose Blago goes to Federal Prison in wisconsin and they are on the hook for his hair products for the next 25 years.
Comment by Irish Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:36 am
I think Governor Quinn should respond to Governor Walker by simply saying, - normally I would be happy to have a friendly bet with a fellow governor. But given the comments made by Wisconsin’s Governor over our state’s fiscal crisis and the need to raise revenue such friendly bantering is not appropriate at this time.
Comment by Rod Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:38 am
Last try:
For one month, add “Home of the G.B. Packers, Who Lost to Chgo Bears in NFC Championship Game 1-23-11″ to all “Welcome to Wisconsin” signs. Same for for Illinois signs if Bears lose. Or just add the Bears/ Pack logos to the signs.
Comment by KGB Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:39 am
If the Bears win, Illinois gets the Mars Cheese Castle.
If the Packers will, Wisconsin gets another White Castle.
Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:44 am
Anon 9:22 don’t send the WI Legis to IL….all their leaders went to prison a few years ago. IL only lost one chief of staff when his boss was giving up Stu Levine
How about when the Bears win Gov. Walker starts telling IL biz about taxing retirement income, state property taxes and local income taxes. All items that don’t occur in IL.
If the Packers win they can have the Cubs
Comment by CircularFiringSquad Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:53 am
If the Packers win, Gov. Quinn has to wear a Packers jersey and sing the Wisconsin state song at the Bears game next year at Lambeau Field.
If the Bears win… ain’t gonna happen.
Comment by Sarge Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:54 am
If Packers win, Wis gets Upper Peninsula.
If Bears win, IL gets Harbor Country.
Q: What do you get when you breed a groundhog and a University of Michigan?
A: Six more weeks of bad football.
Comment by Suburbanon Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:57 am
If the Bears win we get nothing. Wisconsin has nothing I want.
If the Packers win, we change out name to Blagojevistan.
Comment by Living in Oklahoma Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 10:58 am
Bears win: Illinois gets a mean ass badger
Packers win: Wisconsin gets Rich Miller
Comment by Bitterman Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 11:26 am
The Beloit / South Beloit confusion gets settled once and for all by a prearranged annexation agreement.
or
Return of Pat Hughes to Brewers vs. Return of Wayne Larrivee to the Bears.
Comment by Jake From Elwood Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 11:34 am
Winner gets a the services of a top marketing firm to develop a new brochure for stealing business from the other state.
Comment by Ghost of John Brown Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 11:36 am
Enough sissy bets. Winner gets to punch the looser in the face.
Comment by Rod's Hair Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 11:42 am
RH, normally I would delete a comment like that. I’ll allow it today because the Packers suck.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 11:46 am
Funny to see so many White Sox fans cheering for that football team that originally played all of its home games at Wrigley Field today.
Isn’t your team, the one that used to play at Comiskey Park, down the road in St. Louis, err, Phoenix?
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 11:53 am
Easy, Anon. I look at it this way: The Bears got wise and moved outta that dump.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 11:54 am
Word — is your subtext that Wisconsin brats are actually made of tofu? Eeeuuuw.
Comment by soccermom Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 12:00 pm
Wow Looks Like SloppyScott missed one! While “planning” his bet (only a true stiff would plan a bet) IL Keeps One.
CASEYVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Central Illinois’ loss is southwestern Illinois’ gain.
Earl L. Henderson Trucking Co. is moving the bulk of its maintenance operations and 530 jobs to Caseyville in St. Clair County. The trucking company has been operating in the central Illinois community of Salem for more than 30 years.
The Belleville News-Democrat reports that the company bought property in Caseyville in September and has invested $200,000 to renovate the building.
Henderson Trucking owner John Kaburick says the company’s corporate headquarters will remain in Salem. He expects the new maintenance department will be operating in Caseyville by the first of next month
Comment by CircularFiringSquad Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 12:04 pm
Regardless of who wins, merge the states into ‘Wininois’ or ‘Illionsin’, combine state agencies, do the usual corporate personnel and exec cuts, and threaten an unsolicited bid for Indiana.
….must be drinking too much of that fine Illinois wine and eating cheese curd.
Comment by zatoichi Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 12:09 pm
Soccermom, not a chance.
When I venture to the Shrine of the Holy Sausage, the Brat Stop in Kenosha, I generally abuse myself with the Brat Platter — pork, veal and garlic — along with some cheese curds.
Wash it down with a couple of beers and a defilibration, and you’re good to go.
Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 12:12 pm
Anon @11:53 You mean the stadium that was built for the Chicago Whales. Let’s not pretend that that dump was built for the cubs.
Comment by Rod's Hair Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 12:12 pm
Wisconsin may be a lot of things, soccermom, but tofu sausage-eaters they are not. Heaven forbid.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 12:14 pm
I’m not sure if Illinois could depend on Wisconsin to pay their end of the bet once the Bears win. Wisconsin, after all, still owes Minnesota $58 million. http://www.startribune.com/politics/113465529.html
Comment by Dan Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 12:27 pm
If Bears win, Oxford becomes part of Illinois.
If Packer win, from that point forward the Bears must be referred to by their original name (the Decatur Staleys) … .
Comment by Smitty Irving Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 12:29 pm
Rich, the NFL forced the Bears out of Wrigley into larger Soldier Field.
You have to live near the border like I do to understand this bet: If Green Bay wins, Illinois stops charging tolls on I-294. If Chicago wins, Wisconsin stops charging everyone with Illinois plates with speeding tickets on I-94.
Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 12:33 pm
I contemplated tofu bratwursts and it came to me.
The losing team’s state must switch to a vegan diet for the next 6 months.
Comment by cermak_rd Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 12:35 pm
If the Bears win, Illinois get a years supply of Milwaukee surf & turf (carp & kielbasa).
If the Packers win, Chicago has to shut up.
GoPackGo!
Comment by dupage dan Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 12:53 pm
I first saw the Packers play the Bears at Wrigley field in the mid-60’s. My dad would tell the story of how all the guys around us wanted to pound on the fool who was cheering the Packers but they held back when they saw that I was only 10 years old!
The Nitschke’s vs the Grabowski’s. Best rivalry in American sports! I’m glad they’re meeting and hope for a great game. Can’t wait till the Packers reclaim their Lombardi trophy at the Super Bowl!
Comment by dupage dan Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 1:06 pm
The winner gets Michigan ….
Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 1:07 pm
OK … the loser gets Michigan … either way, one of these states is stuck with Michigan
Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 1:09 pm
–Can’t wait till the Packers reclaim their Lombardi trophy at the Super Bowl!–
Not possible. Because for that to happen, Virginia McCaskey, daughter of Paper Bear, would have to award the NFC Championship Halas Trophy to whatever Green Bay alderman represents the team’s communist proletariat, municipal ownership group (hey, it’s okay again to call people you don’t like commies).
Halas used to curse Curly Lambreau, and later, Lombardi, at mass before the games. No way from his high perch he’d allow that to happen.
Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 1:29 pm
What’s a Wisconsin, anyway?
Comment by jerry 101 Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 1:43 pm
Word,
One of the teams is gonna have to eat crow before the season is out. And hand out the trophy. I gotta think there’s a reason why the big shebang trophy is named for Lombardi. Nuff said.
BTW, it ain’t just Green Bay “municipal ownership group”, buddy. It’s the whole darn state.
Wisconsin has a long history of cavorting with left wingers. The mayor of Milwaukee for years was an avowed, card carrying Socialist. On the other hand, Joe McCarthy was from Appleton. Not that anyone there wants to admit it.
Face it, the Packers got more jewelry than the Bears. Never be any different.
They may be commies in Wisconsin but I bet there are more Packer fans in Illinois than there are Bears fans in Wisconsin.
Comment by dupage dan Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 1:49 pm
===I bet there are more Packer fans in Illinois than there are Bears fans in Wisconsin. ===
Yeah, because people move here from there, not the other way around.
lol
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 1:53 pm
===They may be commies in Wisconsin but I bet there are more Packer fans in Illinois than there are Bears fans in Wisconsin.===
What does it tell you that so many Wisconsinites decided to migrate to Illinois?
Comment by Dan Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 1:55 pm
Shoulda known Rich would beat me to the punch
Comment by Dan Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 1:56 pm
Packers bet cheese … Bears bet the cannoli …
After the Bears win … Quinn will tell Walker …
“Leave the cheese … we’ll take the cannoli”
Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 2:02 pm
Rich,
All the Illinois Packer fans I known grew up in Illinois. I don’t know many cheeseheads who have moved to Illinois. What would be the point of that?
Comment by dupage dan Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 2:11 pm
Loser pays for a well-supplied Battle of the Beers featuring the top ten brewers from each state. I humbly volunteer to manage this competition for free and be the lead judge of the taste-testing committee.
Comment by Statewide Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 2:21 pm
Don’t know if anyone has seen this, but it is appropriate for this thread:
http://wlsam.com/article.asp?id=2085145&SPID=17549
If the Bears win, Madigan, Quinn et al get to draw up the new WI congressional districts and vice versa.
Comment by ChrisB Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 2:33 pm
Chicaco? Hilarious.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 2:44 pm
English is a second language up there …
Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 2:56 pm
If the Bears win, Gov. Walker has to come to Chicago and tell Rahm what a great President Obama is and how much the citizens of Wisconsin will benefit from the health care reform act.
If the Packers win, Quinn changes his 23rd self-proclaimed different nickname to “dairy boy”
Comment by siriusly Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 3:00 pm
If the Packers win, Quinn has to go to the Super Bowl wearing Packer Gear with Walker.
If the Bears win, Walker has to go to the Super Bowl wearing Bears gear with Quinn and Da COAAAAAAACH!
Comment by Rahm's Parking Meter Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 3:07 pm
My brother just sent me this joke…
A Bear fan, a Packer fan, and a Viking fan are climbing a mountain and arguing about who loves his team more. The Viking fan insists he is the most loyal. “This is for the Vikings” he yells, and jumps off the side of the mountain. Not to be outdone, the Bear fan is next to profess his love for his team. He yells “This is for the Bears!” and pushes the Packer fan off the mountain
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 3:24 pm
If the Bears win Quinn gets a case of bottled Point beer, and a pound of Widmer’s eight year old cheddar, with the crystals in it. ( He don’t deserve it cause he can’t appreciate it but oh well.) We know he has room in his refridge.
If the Packers win, Illinois has to reverse the flow of the Chicago River to keep the sewage and the Carp out of Lake Michigan, and they have to build a dome, there is room in Cutler’s head, so that they have a field that other teams can play on.
Comment by Irish Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 3:36 pm
A sports writer visits the head coach for the Cowboys and sees a blue phone in the corner. Asks the coach about it. Coach says it’s a direct line to God. The writer asks to use the phone and is told it costs 50 bucks. Pays the fee and talks to God.
Next month the same writer is in Green Bay talking to the head coach. Sees a similar phone in the corner of the office. Asks the coach if it is a direct line to God. When told it is, asks how much for a call. When told it’s only 50 cents asks why the difference between the 2 teams.
At Lambeau Field, it is a local call.
Comment by dupage dan Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 3:38 pm
A fan is at Lambeau field watching the game. He’s in a good seat - 50 yd line about 20 rows back. He sees an empty seat on the 50 yd line in the 2nd row. At halftime he goes down to see why the seat is empty. He asks the elderly gentleman sitting next to the empty seat if he knows who the seat belongs to. The elderly gentleman says that both seats belong to his wife and himself, and then sadly says that his wife died. The fan then asks why someone else from the family isn’t using the seat. The elderly man answers, “why, they’re all at the funeral”.
Comment by dupage dan Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 3:43 pm
Will history repeat at Soldier Field this Sunday?
John “Bulldog” Drummond’s greatest remote broadcast:
http://chicagoist.com/2011/01/18/tuesday_afternoon_diversion_john_dr.php
PS. Irish, Chicago has already reversed the flow of the Chicago River to empty into the Des Plaines, the Illinois and the Mississippi Rivers. Thank the Sanitary District (now the MWRD) for that.
Comment by Super Embarrassed Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 3:50 pm
Little known fact:
When Dick Butkus retired from the Bears, he initially moved to Green Bay.
He wanted to get as far away from professional football as possible.
Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Jan 18, 11 @ 3:50 pm
If Bears win, we get Door County…
If Packers win…Wisconsin gets Lawrence County.
Comment by R.C. Wednesday, Jan 19, 11 @ 1:55 am
Walker wagers a hefty sum of delicious spotted cows, Quinn wagers our pension obligations
Comment by beer me Wednesday, Jan 19, 11 @ 3:56 am
What do you call a hot chick with a Packers fan?
A hostage!
Sorry Rich, a little off topic, but I thought it was funny.
Comment by Say WHAT? Thursday, Jan 20, 11 @ 5:10 pm