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ailsagirl

(24,287 posts) Sun Jan 21, 2018, 04:20 PM Jan 2018

PRESS NOT WELCOME

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PRESS NOT WELCOME (Original Post) ailsagirl Jan 2018 OP

Oh, noes! They're going to starve them out. MineralMan Jan 2018 #1

Should we send snacks? redwitch Jan 2018 #2

Citizen Pizza delivered for free for our free press?! Keep up the courage! Fred Sanders Jan 2018 #10

Welcome to the Government Shutdown. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2018 #3

The last person seen at the vending machine was Sarah Sanders... kentuck Jan 2018 #4

That made me laugh. And I kind of feel bad about it. Maraya1969 Jan 2018 #5

LOL.... alittlelark Jan 2018 #7

I laughed and didn't feel at all bad about it. joshdawg Jan 2018 #16

Neither did I. calimary Jan 2018 #22

Did it have popcorn maker baked squirrel as a last item. LW1977 Jan 2018 #27

Donnie would have helped ProudLib72 Jan 2018 #8

Ha! paleotn Jan 2018 #26

a good metiphor for this administration gopiscrap Jan 2018 #6

It's probably not safe to eat anything out of that machine anyway. Hugin Jan 2018 #9

Revenge on the "fake media". No sleep and no food for the enemy press. democratisphere Jan 2018 #11

You can still get a rubber biscuit. longship Jan 2018 #12

WH also completely empty. mahannah Jan 2018 #13

Cobwebs and tumbleweeds are blowing in the offices and BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #14

There was some security video of one office BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #20

Stuff of nightmares or else "The Twilight Zone" ailsagirl Jan 2018 #15

These are petty folks in the WH . . OldManTarHeel Jan 2018 #17

Amazing, isn't it? gratuitous Jan 2018 #21

They all behave like a bunch of spoiled entitled five-year-olds. calimary Jan 2018 #23

Trump must have been out grazing in the slum area of the White House Augiedog Jan 2018 #18

They will develop new respect for the person who fills the vending machine. NBachers Jan 2018 #19

Oh, how petty. They didn't, did they? Oh yes, they did. How juvenile. Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #24

They're trying to break them.... paleotn Jan 2018 #25

MineralMan

(151,544 posts)

1. Oh, noes! They're going to starve them out.

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 04:22 PM

Jan 2018

No Doritos. No Cheetos (for the right wing press, of course). No pork rinds. Whatever will the media do?

redwitch

(15,273 posts)

2. Should we send snacks?

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 04:27 PM

Jan 2018

With messages of encouragement?

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

10. Citizen Pizza delivered for free for our free press?! Keep up the courage!

Reply to redwitch (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:28 PM

Jan 2018

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,726 posts)

3. Welcome to the Government Shutdown.

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 04:27 PM

Jan 2018

No potato chips for you, Jim!

kentuck

(115,627 posts)

4. The last person seen at the vending machine was Sarah Sanders...

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 04:32 PM

Jan 2018

???

Maraya1969

(23,568 posts)

5. That made me laugh. And I kind of feel bad about it.

Reply to kentuck (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 04:39 PM

Jan 2018

alittlelark

(19,143 posts)

7. LOL....

Reply to Maraya1969 (Reply #5)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 04:48 PM

Jan 2018

joshdawg

(2,979 posts)

16. I laughed and didn't feel at all bad about it.

Reply to Maraya1969 (Reply #5)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 06:07 PM

Jan 2018

calimary

(90,794 posts)

22. Neither did I.

Reply to joshdawg (Reply #16)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 06:50 PM

Jan 2018

LW1977

(1,611 posts)

27. Did it have popcorn maker baked squirrel as a last item.

Reply to Maraya1969 (Reply #5)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 07:35 PM

Jan 2018

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

8. Donnie would have helped

Reply to kentuck (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 04:55 PM

Jan 2018

his tiny hands could fit up through the dispensing slot.

paleotn

(22,737 posts)

26. Ha!

Reply to kentuck (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 07:35 PM

Jan 2018

Now that's funny.

gopiscrap

(24,778 posts)

6. a good metiphor for this administration

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 04:44 PM

Jan 2018

Hugin

(37,993 posts)

9. It's probably not safe to eat anything out of that machine anyway.

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:20 PM

Jan 2018

I'd pack my lunch in from now on, Jim.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

11. Revenge on the "fake media". No sleep and no food for the enemy press.

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:29 PM

Jan 2018

longship

(40,416 posts)

12. You can still get a rubber biscuit.

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:38 PM

Jan 2018

Put your money in. Press the butt-on.

It pops out the slot and hits the wall. If it doesn't bounce back, you go hungry! Bow-bow-bow!

mahannah

(893 posts)

13. WH also completely empty.

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:38 PM

Jan 2018

BigmanPigman

(55,527 posts)

14. Cobwebs and tumbleweeds are blowing in the offices and

Reply to mahannah (Reply #13)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:55 PM

Jan 2018

halls of the unfilled positions of our government. Bannon, Miller and Putin are smiling.

BumRushDaShow

(172,253 posts)

20. There was some security video of one office

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #14)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 06:31 PM

Jan 2018

ailsagirl

(24,287 posts)

15. Stuff of nightmares or else "The Twilight Zone"

Reply to mahannah (Reply #13)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:58 PM

Jan 2018

shudder

I know that if I don't joke about it, I'd go stark, raving mad

Even if it's gallows humor, it's infinitely better than freaking out!!

OldManTarHeel

(435 posts)

17. These are petty folks in the WH . .

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 06:07 PM

Jan 2018

Feck 'em all . .

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

21. Amazing, isn't it?

Reply to OldManTarHeel (Reply #17)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 06:38 PM

Jan 2018

As inept and incompetent as they are at so many things, they practically never miss a chance to do something mean and petty.

calimary

(90,794 posts)

23. They all behave like a bunch of spoiled entitled five-year-olds.

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #21)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 06:54 PM

Jan 2018

I recently learned of a new term that describes the deplorables and their apparent motivation for such shitty, juvenile, and disgraceful behavior: resentniks.

I like it. Sure does fit.

Augiedog

(2,705 posts)

18. Trump must have been out grazing in the slum area of the White House

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 06:15 PM

Jan 2018

NBachers

(19,572 posts)

19. They will develop new respect for the person who fills the vending machine.

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 06:22 PM

Jan 2018

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

24. Oh, how petty. They didn't, did they? Oh yes, they did. How juvenile.

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 07:10 PM

Jan 2018

That's what we're dealing with. Geez. Oh, well. I guess it's BYOS (bring your own snacks).

paleotn

(22,737 posts)

25. They're trying to break them....

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 07:32 PM

Jan 2018

Starve them. They ain't broke yet.

Is there still coffee? If not, that would be a crushing blow.

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