Shutdowns are a symptom of underlying dysfunction, not the problem themselves. A working system wouldn’t need them.

Bring donuts. We can eat in my senate office.

In the middle of a shutdown. That never happens even in the best of times.

Now I can reenact my favorite moments

I mean, I like cabbages too, I just didn’t expect to see them there.

Is that a motif of ferns and…cabbages?

I remember the disappointing box of raisins houses, and there was even a house that gave out pencils and pencil sharpeners near where I grew up. But we definitely didn’t have a brie and melon house.

One day we’ll have ourselves a timid heist.

Right, there's that issue too. But for the chalky discs, there are Smarties or Rockets, depending on where you're standing. Then there are the M&M-like Smarties that just don't exist in the US.