McHenry County Blog

A perfect T-shirt for Christmas Eve.

This young fellow was wearing over Thanksgiving vacation at Disney World.

Today we dip into the photo archives to show you a red sweatshirt a young man was wearing at a McHenry Marlins swim meet.

There are all sorts of great lines on this Christmas sweatshirt:

• Can we talk?
• Please don’t talk to my teacher.
• Check your list again.
• The other kids had a lot to do with it!!!
• Does “Mostly Good” count??
• I really did try!
• I TRIED!
• I had a bad year!
• My sister did it.
• I’ll explain.
• Save time and drop my sister!!!
• My brother did it!
• Define good.
• I was framed.
• It wasn’t my fault.
• The dog did it.

Remember the “Recall Santa” yard sign a friend of McHenry County Blog found in the Milwaukee area.

Now someone has turned it into a tee shirt and trade marked the phrase.

I found this web site for Recall Santa. It is the one with the t-shirt.

It is amusing.

Consider this statement:

“We were all lied to regarding this so called ‘naughty list’ and so many of us were then deprived of what we wanted.

“Is it too much to ask for everyone to get equal present rights!

“Santa Must Go!!!!!!

A week from now Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will learn whether he has been recalled from office or not.

National Democrats are downplaying the importance of the vote now that the polls are pointing to victory for Walker.

Today is the big day in neighboring Wisconsin.

It’s the labor unions’ Recall election day.

My niece found this satirical sign near her son’s day care center in Milwaukee:

For those who wish to help get out the vote for Governor Scott Walker, there are lists that could be provided so you could make phone calls from home.

You can sign up at myscottspot.org.

If you’ve got kids or grand kids, the Algonquin Township Republican Central Committee is holding a family breakfast with Santa Claus on Saturday morning from 8-11 at the Cary-Grove Country Club.

The price for adults is $25, for children $10.

When the red head came into the living room and saw the toys, he said,

“I must have made the list.

“That was pretty close.”

Last week, I explained what happened at Federal Magistrate Michael Mahoney’s court room when three McHenry County deputies tried to get out of answering questions in former Deputy Zane Seipler’s wrongful termination court case.

As background Keith Nygren attorney James Sotos characterized the relationship between Seipler and the three his attorney Blake Horwitz sought successfully to depose:

“They hate each other.”

Since this is the traditional start of the Christmas shopping season, I thought it might be appropriate today to share Magistrate Mahoney ‘s sense of humor with you:

“I can’t wait to see the Secret Santas in the Sheriff’s Department.”

Each year for the last fifteen years a thin Santa has been ringing a Salvation Army bell outside of Dollar Video in Crystal Lake.

It doesn’t matter if the temperature is in the forties or there’s a blinding wind.

His name is P. J. Studley.

He’s there every time I bring back a video or one of my son’s game.

You may remember the praise the Salvation Army got from men from the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake who went down to Mississippi to fix a roof and remodel a bathroom.

The Red Cross had pulled out, but the Salvation Army was still there.

If you want to help ring bells, call the Crystal Lake office at 815-455-2769.

Each year for the last fifteen years a thin Santa has been ringing a Salvation Army bell outside of Dollar Video in Crystal Lake.

It doesn’t matter if the temperature is in the forties or there’s a blinding wind.

His name is P. J. Studley.

He’s there every time I bring back a video or one of my son’s game.

You may remember the praise the Salvation Army got from men from the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake who went down to Mississippi to fix a roof and remodel a bathroom.

The Red Cross had pulled out, but the Salvation Army was still there.

If you want to help ring bells, call the Crystal Lake office at 815-455-2769.