DISQUS

wordslinger · 4 months ago

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.

WOW · 4 months ago

Really John, this man is clearly not going to get elected so why would we pass a tax increase?

Bluefish · 4 months ago

Clowns to the left of me,
jokers to right, here I am,
stuck in the middle with you.

Anon · 4 months ago

And THAT, sir, is how the cow ate the cabbage.

wordslinger · 4 months ago

After protracted end-game negotiations with Speaker Madigan and Sen. Pres. Cullerton, Gov. Quinn makes a last desperate attempt to walk away with something.

disgusted in chi boogie · 4 months ago

It's too easy, but "Between a rock and a hard place"

Justice · 4 months ago

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!

Rich Miller · 4 months ago

Quinn: Uh, guys? I'm sitting right here. There's no need to talk about me in the third person.

Sarbanharble · 4 months ago

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."

Balance · 4 months ago

So, I hear they are planning to make a sequel to "Grumpy Old Men". What do you think?

Speaking at Will · 4 months ago

Mike Madigan shows off his "Judo Chop."

Obamarama · 4 months ago

MJM: So John, do you think we should host Hynes' fundraiser at Sebastian's or the Sangamo? Lean back, Pat, the grownups are talking.

OneMan · 4 months ago

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.

I'm just saying · 4 months ago

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.....

zatoichi · 4 months ago

After quietly finishing a long, but descriptively gross joke, Mike comes to the punch line: ".....The Aristocrats".

Oswego Willy · 4 months ago

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."

Little Lucy · 4 months ago

three blind mice

Six Degrees of Separation · 4 months ago

Moe, Larry and Shemp.

A Naughty Moose · 4 months ago

Clearly a reversed negative. Madigan isn't to the left on anything.

Oswego Willy · 4 months ago

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?"

SpfldJimbo · 4 months ago

So I said to Rod, "Rod...you gotta start checking for bugs, you're not that clever".

Paddy's Pig · 4 months ago

May the cat eat you and the devil eat the cat!

Old Shepherd · 4 months ago

Governor Quinn does his best to hold down his corn dog and funnel cake while Speaker Madigan describes the closing scene in "Inglorious Basterds".

Out There · 4 months ago

So that is what a wedgie looks like!

Abe's Ghost · 4 months ago

MJM: These three Irishmen take over a government...

Bonsaso · 4 months ago

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.

A Citizen · 4 months ago

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.

Pat collins · 4 months ago

I sure wish I could be like Mikey.....

Vote Quimby! · 4 months ago

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...

not on the clout list · 4 months ago

Contrares??? Contrares??? I said why don't you just bring back Garcia???

CircularFiringSquad · 4 months ago

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.

frost · 4 months ago

Monkey in the Middle!

JoJo · 4 months ago

WINKIN' BLINKIN' AND NOD...

Captain Flume · 4 months ago

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?!

unclesam · 4 months ago

Pat Quinn's reaction as he realizes Madigan is telling Cullerton the real reason they removed Blagojevich.

Master Plan · 4 months ago

MJM: You have to CUT CUT CUT the budget

ahoy · 4 months ago

MIke Madigan: "follow me to the pot of gold"

47th Ward · 4 months ago

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.

312 · 4 months ago

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.

Dooley Dudright · 4 months ago

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!)

dupage progressive · 4 months ago

so, you CUT the apple like this, then like this for lunch every day, and voila -- regular as a clock every day!

Njardar · 4 months ago

I'm a celebrity get me out of here.

QC Transplant · 4 months ago

Pat Quinn thinking: The amount this guy speaks, you would think that he is running state government.

eileen left · 4 months ago

A thorn between two thorns

COPN · 4 months ago

MJM: I thought we both agreed to feign support by wearing green?

Gov: Guys I'm right here.

OLD TIMER · 4 months ago

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).

downstater · 4 months ago

"...and that's how I stole this cap and shirt from Augusta National."

midwesterner · 4 months ago

MJM: "Let me take you for a ride in my big green tractor."

Boscobud · 4 months ago

"....and that is why the chicken crossed the road."

Silly facts · 4 months ago

The color scheme of these guys sitting together is equal to the historical flag of Afghanistan. Completely true.

Commonsense in Illinois · 4 months ago

John...is he still there?

KeepSmiling · 4 months ago

MJM: Ooklay, Isalay illway ickkay atPay's uttbay!

Arthur Andersen · 4 months ago

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.'"

Pete Granata · 4 months ago

Can you guys think of any other ways we can stick it to AFSCME ?

Blind Faith · 4 months ago

Pat. We told you not to eat that third deep-fried Snickers bar. When are you gonna start listening to us?

Ricketts Field · 4 months ago

Hear no evil, say no evils, see no evil

Cheswick · 4 months ago

Stuck on a Ferris wheel.

Quizzical · 4 months ago

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.

Old Shepherd · 4 months ago

They're always after me lucky charms!

Captain Flume · 4 months ago

Old Shepherd @ 8:45 am: Yours gets my vote!

Anon · 4 months ago

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?