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Every once in a while this happens in the capitol basement women's bathroom. Laden with metaphors about state government waste. pic.twitter.com/uykvw37TXJ

— Hannah Meisel (@hannahmeisel) May 25, 2017

* The Question: Your own metaphor?

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:07 pm

Comments

  1. Can you spare a square?

    Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:08 pm

  2. Bruce Rauner’s list of accomplishments.

    Comment by Reality Check Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:09 pm

  3. Don’t even think about touching that dispenser until a carpenter arrives.

    Comment by Chairman McBroom Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:12 pm

  4. No one has clean hands.

    Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:12 pm

  5. thought it was the governor’s news feed.

    empty of accomplishments and automated.

    Comment by Michelle Flaherty Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:13 pm

  6. It’s not wasteful. A continuous feed is necessary to clean up the steady stream of…..

    Comment by wordslinger Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:14 pm

  7. Disposable forks to eat cereal

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:14 pm

  8. Some see waste, others see jobs!

    Comment by thechampaignlife Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:19 pm

  9. “The fact that every part … was built by the low bidder.” Alan Shepard, first American in space.

    Comment by Anyone Remember Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:23 pm

  10. Bruce Rauner’s budget - in invisible ink - going right from the printer to the trash can where it belongs!!

    Comment by train111 Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:24 pm

  11. Ghost of former Rath cooks get their revenge.

    Comment by Give Me A Break Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:26 pm

  12. Said the Guv’ner: I still got that roll o’ duct tape in my workshop! Will that fix it?

    Comment by (un)Happy Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:34 pm

  13. BR: it’s ok, my hands aren’t dirty.

    Comment by Casual observer Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:35 pm

  14. Michelle for the win!!

    Comment by Jake From Elwood Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:35 pm

  15. A Democrat and a Republican walk into the bathroom. As they finish their business, the Republican starts to wash his hands while the Democrat heads for the door to leave.

    “In the Republican Party, we teach our members to wash their hands afterward,” says the GOP Rep.

    “Oh yeah,” replies the Dem. “In the Democratic Party we learned not to &%$$ on our hands.”

    Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:41 pm

  16. They have automatic toilet paper dispensers in the women’s restroom?

    Comment by BIG R. Ph. Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:45 pm

  17. That’s better than many State office buildings where they don’t even get paper towels.

    Comment by RalphSchwartz Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:45 pm

  18. Why fix a problem when you can tweet about it?

    Comment by ROGue Roni Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:47 pm

  19. When you’re done reading that would you let us have it please? We don’t get paper towels at Churchill.

    Comment by Puddintaine Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:48 pm

  20. Metaphor for Gov. Rauner who is just a helpless victim, too, unable to do anything to fix the state’s problems.

    Alt caption for tweet: Rather than talk to a maintenance employee to bring the malfunction to the attention of someone who can fix it, instead I’ll just tweet some snark. #notmyproblem

    Comment by Moe Berg Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:52 pm

  21. I had no idea there was a video of Rauner’s responses during his lie detector questioning.

    Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:54 pm

  22. Another fantastic automation job by DoIT!

    Comment by Me Again Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:54 pm

  23. That’s the school funding checks Rauner keeps claiming he sent.

    Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:55 pm

  24. Like the capitol, once people see the condition it’s in, people turn around and decide to hold it.

    Comment by Jocko Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:56 pm

  25. That’s a commercial about Chris Kennedy’s position on - sadly, everything.

    Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:57 pm

  26. LOOK!
    It’s the new Baywatch 2 trailer!

    Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:59 pm

  27. GREAT!
    You found my stash of paper dispenser porn!

    Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 4:01 pm

  28. ==They have automatic toilet paper dispensers in the women’s restroom?==

    If that’s toilet paper, that’s a mighty big wipe

    Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 4:01 pm

  29. “Actually, I see savings here - your mistake is in running the video backwards.” - Governor Rauner.

    Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 4:03 pm

  30. 1. A new definition of a roll call.
    2. This just in: Hannah Meisel has confirmed that the State of Illinois finally is throwing in the towel.
    3. Now revealed: the secret place where the Rules Committee actually sends bills.
    4. Check the flip side: actually, it’s a printout from Mendoza’s office. Of unpaid bills. From this past half hour.
    5. Mr. Speaker, I assure you. There is no malware in any of our automatic shredders. All of your memos are reduced to atoms! And for extra protection, we flush everything down the women’s toilets in the basement!

    I’m outta here.

    Comment by Third Reading Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 4:04 pm

  31. Great investigative reportin’
    BGA will be proud
    BTW same thing happens in 3rd floor men’s room in west wing

    Comment by Annonin' Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 4:06 pm

  32. “We were told to fix this, for good, “before some #%&@ named Miller starts running ads on the paper.”

    Comment by Arthur Andersen Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 4:24 pm

  33. ‘To error is human,
    to really foul things up requires a computer’!

    Comment by WhoKnew Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 4:25 pm

  34. Quick check the governors statement of economic interests…does he have massive holding in Bounty?!

    Comment by Hit Em With the Hein Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 4:29 pm

  35. SO THAT’S where Rauner’s teleprompter went!

    Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 4:42 pm

  36. —– —— and the paper towel dispenser he controls.

    insert your own name depending on whom you are attacking.

    Comment by Amalia Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 6:31 pm

  37. Rauner Goventorial Library

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 10:32 pm

  38. The work I do every day as a public employee of the State of Illinois until the body politic accepts they need to raise enough revenue to pay their bills and invest in their future.

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, May 26, 17 @ 12:19 am

  39. The turnaround agenda…

    Comment by Scamp640 Friday, May 26, 17 @ 12:41 am

  40. Behold, the future of the so-called Grand Bargain.

    Comment by thunderspirit Friday, May 26, 17 @ 8:11 am

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