And we’ll have pun, pun, pun ’til our daddy takes the keyboard away…
Chicago Tribune (bonus points for using the word ‘kerfuffle’):
Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn is milking an Upstate-Downstate kerfuffle with Republican Bruce Rauner’s running mate over an udderly moooo-ving issue: Cow Tipping.
Quinn suggested Republican lieutenant governor candidate Evelyn Sanguinetti should issue an apology to the state’s cow population over what she says amounted to a “jovial” reference about tipping them over….
“They deserve to stand up right, and we’re proud of our cows, and the Illinois cows are the best there ever was,” Quinn said.
The actual comment, made in early 2013, was, “Isn’t cow tipping a work requirement in Springfield (LOL)?” Springfield’s paper, very upset that its city’s ox got gored, wrote an editorial calling for an apology. Chicago has always had a beef about Springfield being the capital, downstate Illinois feels like it’s been put out to pasture, and everyone is going to milk this until the cows come home.
Were Illinois’ cattle rustled by this remark or just a-moo-sed? We’ll have to ruminate on it.