If you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to want a glass of milk.

[WilliamPitt]

Hold the line, Mr. President.

Hold the line, Mr. Reid.

So very well done so far.

Hold the line.

Never interfere with a perfectly good train wreck.

It's been a long, long time coming.

It's here.

Day One in the books.

Hold the line.

[msanthrope]

1. Reading to the kids, Mr. Pitt?? nt

[WilliamPitt]

2. Kid.

[msanthrope]

3. One and done? nt

[WilliamPitt]

10. Not up to me.

One thing at a time.

[roamer65]

4. "The suspense is killing me".

The quote above is from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

[NuclearDem]

6. I prefer this one:

Good DAY, sir!

[wandy]

5. If you give a republican a cookie, he's likely to bite off you're fingers. nt

[Dalai_1]

7. K& R n/t

[Motown_Johnny]

8. I've never seen a mouse drink out of a glass.

[Uncle Joe]

17. That's precisely why the mouse will then ask for a straw.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Give_a_Mouse_a_Cookie

The book is known for its playful, circular pattern. A boy gives a cookie to a mouse. The mouse asks for a glass of milk. He then requests a straw (to drink the milk), a mirror (to avoid a milk mustache), nail scissors (to trim his hair), and a broom (to sweep up). Next he wants to take a nap, to have a story read to him, to draw a picture, and to hang the drawing on the refrigerator. Looking at the refrigerator makes him thirsty, so the mouse asks for a glass of milk. The circle is complete when he wants a cookie to go with it.

Sometimes a mouse will want to drink out of a milk jug, but if that mouse doesn't have the good sense to ask for a straw, the consequences can be severe.

http://consumerist.com/2010/08/20/family-drinks-milk-containing-dead-mouse-for-3-days-sues-walmart/

The suit, which was filed earlier this week against Sam’s Club’s parent company Walmart, says the couple purchased the jug of milk at Sam’s and then, with the help of their 23-month-old granddaughter, spent the next three days drinking from it.

On the third day, the woman involved went to pour some milk and “discovered a dead mouse” in the jug.

The gallon of milk — along with the rodent — was taken to the Kentucky Department of Public Health where the couple filed a written complaint.

According to the suit, the family “suffered embarrassment, humiliation and emotional distress.”

[questionseverything]

9. hayes and ezra were talking last night

about the repubs wanting the mandate delayed,which of course candidate obama campaigned against.....laughing the repubs are backtracking so much they will soon demand a public option,which we should pass quickly before they wake up

so another way to say it might be...give the mouse a cookie so he WILL drink his milk

<smiles> i can not help being an eternal optimist

[Skittles]

11. I AGREE

I AM VERY IMPRESSED SO FAR; YES INDEED

[Liberal_Dog]

12. K & R

[joshcryer]

13. His veto threat allowed House Dems to vote against the pony show bills.

It was great.

[Thor_MN]

14. If you give a rat a piece of cheese, it's going to ask for a burger.

Mice a somewhat cute... The conservatives are ugly to the bone.

[Kablooie]

15. Actually, giving them the sequester was probably a bad idea.

That proved to them that this technique works.

That was over the debt ceiling but still it was a bad idea.

I hope the debt ceiling doesn't force Obama to concede more to them.
I fear that it might, particularly after weeks of government shutdown.

[Uncle Joe]

16. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, WilliamPitt.

[Raffi Ella]

18. Day Two.

Hold the line.