The folks down in Des Plaines are sure excited about their new casino. The $450 million project, Des Plaines’ 10th riverboat casino, is set to open to huge fanfare, and mayor Marty Moylan is hoping to attract visitors by the thousands. The focal point of the festivities will be the unveiling of the casino’s name next month. Readers of local journals and newspapers were invited to submit their ideas for names for the resort. The mayor said it took so long to find a name because all ideas had to be “properly vetted.” At next month’s unveiling, residents will be invited to ride a city-chartered bus to the grand event, with the casino expected to open in July this year.
On the subject of mayors, complements of Joke Buddha:
“An old priest got sick of everyone in his parish confessing adultery. During one Sunday’s sermon he told them, “If one more person confesses to adultery, I’ll quit!” Since everyone liked him, they decided to use a code word: “fallen.”From then on, anyone who had committed adultery said they had “fallen.”This satisfied the old priest and the parishioners, and everything was fine for years, until finally the old priest passed away at the ripe old age of 93.Shortly after the new young priest settled in, he paid a call on the mayor. The priest was quite concerned. “You have to do something about the sidewalks in this town, Mayor. You can’t believe how many people come into the confessional talking about having fallen!” The mayor started to laugh, realizing that no one had explained their code word to the new priest. But before the mayor could explain, the priest shook his finger at the mayor and said -”I don’t know why you’re laughing; your wife fell three times last week!”
