Today's Joke:
Legislative Bloopers

"I don't know anyone here that's been killed with a handgun." -- Rep. Avery Alexander, D-New Orleans

"I think we have passed something that we didn't want to do." --Rep. Chuck McMains, R-Baton Rouge

"I can't believe that we are going to let a majority of the people decide what is best for this state." -- Rep. John Travis, D-Jackson

"This amendment does more damage than it does harm." --Rep. Cynthia Willard-Lewis, D-New Orleans

"Y'all are hurting my tender ears. I would appreciate it if y'all would scream one at a time." -- House Speaker John Alario, D-Westwego

"I was 15 years old before I ate my first chicken without tire tracks." -- Rep. Jay McCallum, D-Farmerville

Describing how it is to run through a gauntlet of lobbyists to get to the Senate chamber: "They're lined up like cooters on a log on a sunshiny day." -- Sen. B.B. "Sixty" Rayburn, D-Bogalusa

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