Rumor has it this may have been down state Illonois but no
proof.<grin>
Enjoy
Lew
>....................................................................
A busload of politicians were driving down a country road when
all of a sudden, the bus ran off the road and crashed into a
tree in an old farmer's field.
The old farmer, after seeing what had happened, went over to
investigate. He then proceeded to dig a hole to bury the politicians.
A few days later the local sheriff came out, saw the crashed bus, and
asked the old farmer where all the politicians had gone.
The old farmer said he had buried them.
The sheriff asked the old farmer, "Were they all dead?"
The old farmer replied, "Well, some of them said they weren't, but you
know how them bastards lie."
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in news:Yo_%k.985$c35.700
@nwrddc02.gnilink.net:
> "Tom G" wrote:
>
> In all my years covering Chicago, never found a farm.
>
*snip*
> Lew
>
>
>
Well, there is Soldier Field, where every week several guys gather together
and plow in to each other. :-)
Puckdropper
--
On Usenet, no one can hear you laugh. That's a good thing, though, as some
writers are incorrigible.
To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm
Thats funny Lew!
Thanks,
cm
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:D1X%[email protected]...
> Rumor has it this may have been down state Illonois but no proof.<grin>
>
> Enjoy
>
> Lew
>>....................................................................
>
> A busload of politicians were driving down a country road when
> all of a sudden, the bus ran off the road and crashed into a
> tree in an old farmer's field.
>
> The old farmer, after seeing what had happened, went over to
> investigate. He then proceeded to dig a hole to bury the politicians.
>
> A few days later the local sheriff came out, saw the crashed bus, and
> asked the old farmer where all the politicians had gone.
>
> The old farmer said he had buried them.
>
> The sheriff asked the old farmer, "Were they all dead?"
>
> The old farmer replied, "Well, some of them said they weren't, but you
> know how them bastards lie."
>
>
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:D1X%[email protected]...
> Rumor has it this may have been down state Illonois but no proof.<grin>
>
> Enjoy
>
> Lew
>>....................................................................
>
> A busload of politicians were driving down a country road when
> all of a sudden, the bus ran off the road and crashed into a
> tree in an old farmer's field.
>
> The old farmer, after seeing what had happened, went over to
> investigate. He then proceeded to dig a hole to bury the politicians.
>
> A few days later the local sheriff came out, saw the crashed bus, and
> asked the old farmer where all the politicians had gone.
>
> The old farmer said he had buried them.
>
> The sheriff asked the old farmer, "Were they all dead?"
>
> The old farmer replied, "Well, some of them said they weren't, but you
> know how them bastards lie."
>
>
More than likely "upstate" Illinois. Chicago (upstate) is more apt to be
corrupt than "downstate" Illinois..as the rest of the state is called.
Tom G.
In article <mqY%[email protected]>,
joe <[email protected]> wrote:
>> More than likely "upstate" Illinois. Chicago (upstate) is more apt to be
>> corrupt than "downstate" Illinois..as the rest of the state is called.
>>
>> Tom G.
>Haven't heard the latest news from the governor's mansion, have you? ;-)
>Pretty sure that's downstate, having lived upstate for many a year.
You mean the governer's residence in the Ravenswood neighborhood on the north
side of Chicago?
"Tom G" wrote:
> More than likely "upstate" Illinois. Chicago (upstate) is more apt
> to be corrupt than "downstate" Illinois..as the rest of the state
> is called.
In all my years covering Chicago, never found a farm.
Now Peoria, Springfield, Bloomington/Normal and points south is
another matter.
No mention of where the politicians practiced, only where the met
their demise.
Lew
Lew
David G. Nagel wrote:
> joe wrote:
>>> More than likely "upstate" Illinois. Chicago (upstate) is more apt to
>>> be
>>> corrupt than "downstate" Illinois..as the rest of the state is called.
>>>
>>> Tom G.
>> Haven't heard the latest news from the governor's mansion, have you? ;-)
>> Pretty sure that's downstate, having lived upstate for many a year.
>>
>> jc
>>
>>
>
> Nah; All Illinois state politicians live in the Chicago area. They just
> work in Springfield and only then when they can't get out of it.
Apparently that was one of the contributing causes of the latest bit of
corruption. He didn't like the pay in Springfield and was looking for a
better gig.
--
If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:38:58 GMT, "joe" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> More than likely "upstate" Illinois. Chicago (upstate) is more apt to be
>> corrupt than "downstate" Illinois..as the rest of the state is called.
>>
>> Tom G.
>Haven't heard the latest news from the governor's mansion, have you? ;-)
>Pretty sure that's downstate, having lived upstate for many a year.
Our present governor and wife, refused to reside in the Mansion in
Springfield which is mid state. They elected to remain in Chicago.
Which is good he probably good as they would have sold all the
furniture on Ebay.
Mark
"joe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:mqY%[email protected]...
>> More than likely "upstate" Illinois. Chicago (upstate) is more apt to be
>> corrupt than "downstate" Illinois..as the rest of the state is called.
>>
>> Tom G.
> Haven't heard the latest news from the governor's mansion, have you? ;-)
> Pretty sure that's downstate, having lived upstate for many a year.
>
> jc
Spoken by someone who either doesn't live in Illinois or doesn't pay
attention. Blago probably couldn't find Springfield on a map. The joke in
the state is how little time he spent in the actual governor's mansion, or
in Springfield. He spent most of his time in his Chicago office and his
north side home.
todd
joe wrote:
>> More than likely "upstate" Illinois. Chicago (upstate) is more apt to be
>> corrupt than "downstate" Illinois..as the rest of the state is called.
>>
>> Tom G.
> Haven't heard the latest news from the governor's mansion, have you? ;-)
> Pretty sure that's downstate, having lived upstate for many a year.
>
> jc
>
>
Yeah, but he's a Chicago Machine politician. It is the
Metro-Chicago contribution to political ooze (Daley, Blago,
Ryan, Obama ...) that gives the state a bad name.
--
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tim Daneliuk [email protected]
PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/
joe wrote:
>> More than likely "upstate" Illinois. Chicago (upstate) is more apt to be
>> corrupt than "downstate" Illinois..as the rest of the state is called.
>>
>> Tom G.
> Haven't heard the latest news from the governor's mansion, have you? ;-)
> Pretty sure that's downstate, having lived upstate for many a year.
>
> jc
>
>
Nah; All Illinois state politicians live in the Chicago area. They just
work in Springfield and only then when they can't get out of it.