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Mariano’s Piano Player Twelve Minutes Into Rendition of Rainbow Connection With No Signs Of Slowing Down
“I thought for sure he’d wrap it up after the second key change,” said shopper Paloma Da Silva, 29. “But then he disappeared into a flurry of arpeggios and started riffing for a while on the chorus, so I figured we were settling in to at least half an hour of this piece.”
Brutalist Chicago Architecture Begins Spring Molt
“With so many beautiful specimens of mixed-use development utilizing strong geometry and effective mid-century urban planning in Chicago, we always get a call-in or two around this time of year,” said Ron Jettison, 54, one of the Notebaert brutoveterinarians on the scene. “But it’s really nothing to worry about.”
Loretto Hospital CEO Apologies to Lightfoot with Bouquet of Vaccines
In an effort to smooth public relations, hospital administrators have reportedly sent Mayor Lori Lightfoot a bouquet of vaccine doses, several tasteful flowers and a note.
City Officials Say Chicago Air and Water Show Approval Will Largely Depend on How Much Assistance Mecharahm Needs With Three-Headed Mike Madigan Currently Emerging From Meteorite
Initial analysis for this current bout doesn’t look positive, as the three-headed Mike Madigan is capable of emitting large arcs of electromagnetic energy from several specialized organs on its back, and its scaly carapace has proved effective at deterring MechaRahm’s most potent ordinance.
Diamond-Encrusted PBR Sells at Auction for $3
The last record holder for most expensive beer, a half-finished Schlitz belonging to Abraham Lincoln purchased at Ford’s Theatre, sold for $2.14 at a silent charity auction in 2012. “No one thought that price would be topped, ever,” said Butterman before quickly adding, “I think they overpaid on that one, as well.”
Man Who Spent Last 11 Months Confronting Void at the Heart of American Dream Can’t Wait to Go Back to Talking About The Office Reruns With Coworkers
“So naturally I’m trying to blast all of that out of my head by seeing Jim stick Dwight’s stapler in a green Jell-O mold,” he added.
Report: Everyone Is Going to Use Their Stimulus Check to Buy $1400 Stefano Ricci Men’s Medium Wash Jeans W/ Eagle Patch From Neiman Marcus
“If we’d given every American $2000,” explained staffer Raquel Zamboni, 25, “they would have spent $1400 on Stefano Ricci Men’s Medium Wash Jeans w/ Eagle Patch from Neiman Marcus, and then quickly become despondent and agitated with the remaining $600 because they wouldn’t have been able to buy another pair of Stefano Ricci jeans with that amount.”
Winners of Chicago Reader’s Best of Chicago Immediately Move to New York City
As of press time at least fifty-three winners of this year’s poll had announced their upcoming moves, and Lyric Opera, winner of “Best Opera Company,” posted that they had already signed for an apartment in Bushwick with Mayor Lori Lightfoot, winner “Best Elected Official,” and were working on a web series with Lightfoot “coming soon.”
“Spring Has Sprung,” Muses Man as He Smells a Street Filled With a Month’s Worth of Thawed Dog Shit
“God, it’s beautiful out,” continued Portsmith, stepping over some waterlogged trash that had been trampled into the snow and was no longer recognizable as a takeout container from a local pizza place.
Rejecting Target Deal, Water Tower Place Keeps High-End Reputation With Prized Hoard of Blightscale the Vile
The wing left empty by the departure of Macy’s will be occupied by mountains of plundered gold and gems, accumulated over ages by reviled wyrm and scourge of several realms, Blightscale the Vile
