The Water Cooler
“ I don’ t issue veto threats for Martians landing at the Husky Field either, and that’ s about as likely as an income tax in the state of Washington.”
— Gov. Jay Inslee, at a Nov. 2 candidate forum in Tacoma, in response to a question about whether he would veto any proposed income tax.
“ Did I ever mention that I’ m a Seahawks fan? Well, I am.”
— J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, after Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman dressed up as the namesake wizard during a press conference.
“ My llama is sick.”
— One of the year’ s craziest— but real— excuses for calling in sick, according to CareerBuilder’ s annual list. Other finalists:“ I ate cat food when I thought it was tuna” and“ I’ m bowling the game of my life so I can’ t make it into the office.”
“ Hurry up and get this voting thing over, so everyone can go back to gridlock as usual.”
— The Nose, a satirical column in The News Tribune, Oct. 27
“ Maybe you can rename your state‘ Amazon-ia.’ We ' ll follow up by renaming ours‘ Amazon Prime.’”
— The Council of the District of Columbia, suggesting new names for Washington State and Washington, D. C.
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