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* From JB Pritzker’s Twitter feed

* The Question: Caption?

Keep your words clean, campers. Thanks.

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:30 pm

Comments

  1. Hurry and take the photo, will ya? I’m dying here.

    Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:33 pm

  2. I don’t have mulch to add to this thread…

    Comment by StraightOuttaCobden Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:33 pm

  3. “I’m burying the toilet so Mr. County Assessor can’t find them.., “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:34 pm

  4. “No. The map says the tapes are here… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:35 pm

  5. Would you have any Grey Poupon?

    Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:35 pm

  6. JB changes tack, burns calories.

    Comment by Anonymous Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:35 pm

  7. Your saying that acting like a man of the soil worked for Bruce?

    Comment by OneMan Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:36 pm

  8. Pritzker digs into his debate preparation.

    Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:36 pm

  9. “I saw the gardener use a pitchfork once, I just want to try it.”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:36 pm

  10. *Costume Not Included

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:36 pm

  11. My people have people for this sort of thing.

    Comment by OneMan Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:36 pm

  12. No, I’m going to keep digging. There must be a horse down here somewhere.

    Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:37 pm

  13. Looks like you’re right - no ponies in here.

    Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:37 pm

  14. “Julie? Who’s Julie? I’m JB, and you said you wanted a hole dug”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:37 pm

  15. As a trust fund kid, I used to find magic unicorns in every work task my folks assigned.

    Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:38 pm

  16. There’s six months to go until the election. We’re going to need a bigger wheelbarrow.

    Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:38 pm

  17. “Would be easier just to talk about my tax issues and keep digging in that hole”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:38 pm

  18. After not being asked back for Flatliners remake, Oliver Platt takes landscaping job.

    Comment by Anonymous Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:39 pm

  19. “Maybe the world has enough people digging ditches.”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:39 pm

  20. Oh, and remind me to burn these clothes as soon as we’re finished here.

    Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:39 pm

  21. Mr. Bonpensiero offers a demonstration on proper body disposal techniques.

    Comment by RFR Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:39 pm

  22. No pictures, this is a union job.

    Comment by Chris P. Bacon Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:40 pm

  23. This isn’t a pitchfork, it’s my personal KFC spork.

    Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:40 pm

  24. “A lil more dirt… and that tuxedo is gone forever”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:40 pm

  25. And this is where I buried Dan Biss’ political future.

    Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:40 pm

  26. JB cleans up following Rauner’s most recent press conference.

    Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:41 pm

  27. “I was told you bury one absentee ballot, ten absentee ballots grow it it’s place… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:41 pm

  28. JB digs into the details of the Rauner Budget.

    Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:42 pm

  29. New evidence surfaces that the Pritzkers do in fact own their own private Jurassic Park.

    Comment by Chris P. Bacon Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:42 pm

  30. When you get to the bottom of the bowl, you get yummy chocolate milk.

    Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:42 pm

  31. “It’s not Arbor Day, it’s 4-20. I’m planting another kind of tree… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:43 pm

  32. Hey at least he didn’t go to Penney’s to buy a plaid shirt before this photo op!

    Comment by Uncle Ernie Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:44 pm

  33. Is that manure? Debate prep i guess

    Comment by DuPage Saint Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:45 pm

  34. Pritzker reviews the first draft of the opposition research report his team prepared detailing all of Rauner’s campaign promises and public statements as Governor.

    Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:46 pm

  35. Muttering under his breath: “It’s just a photo-op, Galia said. We’ll only be there a few minutes, she said. No worries, she said.”

    Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:47 pm

  36. “If we cover the front, no one will realize it’s the same wheel barrel Rauner used 4 years ago… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:48 pm

  37. “I’m going to need about another $100m of this to sling by November.”

    Comment by Ron Burgundy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:48 pm

  38. He should have traded the silver spoon for some golden nose plugs.

    Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:48 pm

  39. Until we reinstall the toilets we have to bury it here.

    Comment by Lucky Pierre Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:48 pm

  40. I know it’s his hand because I see his pinky ring right there.

    Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:49 pm

  41. “Now I know why Rauner wears costumes, this kinda stuff ruins my real clothes”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:49 pm

  42. “Bruce is in Europe. At a dinner having German beir… me?… well… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:51 pm

  43. That was a perfectly good pickle he composted in here - just needs to be washed off.

    Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:51 pm

  44. “You lose one Eagles bet to Caprara… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:52 pm

  45. Galia, am I holding this thing right? What? Less like a croquet mallet you say?

    Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:52 pm

  46. “I have a lotta bank records… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:55 pm

  47. OK, I get it; If I want to be Governor, I need to learn how to shovel [it].

    Comment by 37 Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:57 pm

  48. So folks have their gardeners spread this stuff around their golf courses?

    Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:57 pm

  49. 37 with a B at 3:57.

    Comment by 37B Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:58 pm

  50. I’ve been searching for that case of Canadian Club for years and THIS TIME I’m sure I’ve got it!

    Comment by lake county democrat Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:58 pm

  51. If I spread enough of this around, I become governor, right?

    Comment by Anonymous Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:58 pm

  52. “I had so much fun at Illinois Governor Fantasy Camp!” said a weary JB Pritzker, smelling of compost and remorse.

    Comment by Uncle Merkin Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 3:59 pm

  53. …farm livin’ is the life for me…land spreadin’ out so far and wide…

    Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:01 pm

  54. Using a pitchfork is a luxury..

    Comment by A guy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:02 pm

  55. I bet a Pritzker has never done this.

    Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:03 pm

  56. George and Rod told me that life after the governorship requires skills like these.

    Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:05 pm

  57. Guv runnin’ is the life for me.
    Stock photo is the intinery.
    Prop manure spreadin’ out so wide
    Keep the Gold Coast, just give me that photo smile.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:06 pm

  58. This would have been so much easier if they let me bring my trash can tractor.

    Comment by Henry Francis Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:07 pm

  59. Every politician who has to campaign in Illinois, especially against Carhartman, needs to know how to handle a manure rake.

    Comment by Anonymous Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:08 pm

  60. I own a Van Gogh painting of people doing this work.

    Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:09 pm

  61. *huff* Maybe I should just go buy a Carhartt.

    Comment by Earnest Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:10 pm

  62. Kid: “Bummer, I thought those were tickets for Pitchfork Music Festival”.

    Comment by SAP Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:10 pm

  63. Green Acres, Springfield edition.

    Comment by Amalia Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:10 pm

  64. Could somebody please check WebMD for blister treatments?

    Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:13 pm

  65. - 47th Ward -

    My bad.

    “Isn’t this Lt. Governor stuff? I suppose to practice cutting ribbons and eating Brie Cheese.”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:15 pm

  66. I’m an old cowhand from the Rio Grande,
    But my legs ain’t bowed and my cheeks ain’t tan.
    I’m a cowboy who never saw a cow.
    Never roped a steer cause I don’t know how.
    Sure ain’t a fixin’ to start in now.
    Yippie yi yo kayah

    Comment by TinyDance(FKASue) Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:15 pm

  67. [Future picture, building over shoulder of female is the IL Supreme Court]. JB spreading mulch around the fully mature trees Rauner paid to plant in the Y Park across from the mansion.

    Comment by Anyone Remember Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:18 pm

  68. So dis guy here tells me to go home and get my shine box.

    Comment by PlayK8 Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:20 pm

  69. I usually shovel this behind a microphone

    Comment by FormerParatrooper Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:25 pm

  70. “When I was bad, I had to go and dig up my own truffles…”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:27 pm

  71. Digging through 1.4% BS, looking for 1 true factoid.

    Comment by Huh? Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:27 pm

  72. RFR-well played.

    Comment by Trapped in the ‘burbs Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:40 pm

  73. Look at me Downstaters - I am one of you.

    Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:44 pm

  74. Pritzker gathering mud for retaliatory mud slinging after Rauner’s attacks in the primary.

    Comment by DuPage Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:49 pm

  75. “There’s water beads … on my forehead… How did they get there… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:52 pm

  76. ===There’s water beads … on my forehead===

    I’m leaking!!!

    Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:53 pm

  77. “What a ridiculous tool. One handle. Who made this? One handle… makes no sense… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:56 pm

  78. The Speaker told me the only way to get out of a hole is to keep digging.

    Actually I might have that backwards

    Comment by Lucky Pierre Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:57 pm

  79. “… I promise… I’ll never tell anyone that sweat equity doesn’t matter… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 4:58 pm

  80. PRITZKER: Folks with the amount of BS the Governor has said the past four years you could fill a pile THIS HIGH

    AIDE [Frantically]: Mr Pritzker, sir, that’s a pile of dirt not manure.

    PRITZKER: …….there’s a difference?

    Comment by FDB Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 5:08 pm

  81. Let’s be real, I pay people to do this.

    Comment by Truth Squad Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 5:10 pm

  82. “I can’t believe Penny is making me do her gardening in exchange for taking that casino stock off my hands How rude.”

    Comment by Arthur Andersen Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 5:14 pm

  83. “Ye gads! You mean people actually engage in this kind of activity without anesthesia?”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 5:24 pm

  84. “Where’s my body double? He should be here by now.”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 5:27 pm

  85. “I can’t seem to find the ON/OFF switch on this device!”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 5:28 pm

  86. Woman: “See? Doesn’t it work much better when you use the pointy end facing down?”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 5:31 pm

  87. “This reminds me of the time Sappington hid my house slippers under a pile of old dollar bills. Ho, the good old days!”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 5:34 pm

  88. “Turn the camera, we don’t want that shiny new asphalt plant to pop up in the attack ads.”

    True story. They just built an asphalt plant across from McKinley Park over the winter. Talk about clean parks for all!

    Comment by McKinley Bob Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 6:08 pm

  89. JB Pritzker combs through a pile of press releases from Bruce Rauner and the ILGOP.

    Comment by Christopher Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 6:52 pm

  90. I’ve done this before - in my nightmares.

    Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 7:14 pm

  91. Don’t worry Rod I’ll dig you out like El Chapo did.

    Comment by Roger Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 7:41 pm

  92. Woman: “Several former Illinois governors have told me the next part of our training session proved invaluable. Now if you’ll please switch to the sledgehammer and move over to that pile of rocks…”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 7:47 pm

  93. “I wonder if stabbing yourself in the foot is as bad as shooting yourself in the foot?”

    Comment by Billinois Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 8:36 pm

  94. “I wish burying this was as easy as burying Rauner…”

    Comment by Angel's Sword Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 10:37 pm

  95. “Blob Evans, Down on the Farm.”

    Comment by Anonymous Monday, Apr 23, 18 @ 11:59 pm

  96. The girl in the pic has the same expression as JB’s.

    “Hope he doesn’t stab MY foot”

    Comment by 44th Tuesday, Apr 24, 18 @ 7:25 am

  97. The stench is not near as bad as the manure I spread during the primary.

    Comment by Stand Tall Tuesday, Apr 24, 18 @ 7:39 am

  98. JB: He’ll bury Rauner any way necessary.

    Pritzker for Governor: Hiding his assets the old fashioned way.

    Comment by revvedup Tuesday, Apr 24, 18 @ 8:06 am

  99. Attempting to shovel mulch with a wide-tined pitchfork. Dangit, there’s an Illinois state government analogy here somewhere….

    Comment by BigDoggie Tuesday, Apr 24, 18 @ 8:32 am

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