'Shutdown' Day 7: Government Buys $47,174 Mechanical Bull

The government shutdown may be keeping furloughed federal workers at home, but on Monday the U.S. Army contracted to buy a mechanical bull.

The $47,174 contract was awarded on Oct. 7 to Mechanical Bull Sales Inc. of State College, Penn.

According to the General Services Administration (GSA) listing, the National Guard of Utah made the request for a “bull which needs to be durable and low maintenance.”

I guess some things never change.

This definitely should have been declared non-essential !!!!

But it seems the 'old' bull broke down

the previous mechanical bull had broke down and was beyond repair.

...OH PLeeeeze !!!

I say

B-U-L-L

'Shutdown' Day 7: Government Buys $47,174 Mechanical Bull

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There's a Dubya joke in here somewhere, but I'm just too tired to make anything work

Man, this is ridonkulous. Almost $50k, on a mechanical bull. For what, the Utah National Guard's rec room?

reply to post by xuenchen

This definitely should have been declared non-essential

Good point, I am not aware of any weaponized mechanical bulls essential to the security of the nation. Although, I admit being unaware of the latest mechanical bull technology currently being developed.......so I could be wrong.

However, I am more than confident that the US Army needs a mechanical bull at this particular point in time because of NEVER!!!

WTF!!

They are making a sign out of it? This joke writes itself, send it to Leno. LOL

Buy #: 548198
Solicitation #: W91J0W20170401
Buy Description : Mechanical Bull
Category : 99 -- Miscellaneous
Sub Category : 9905 -- Signs, Advertising Displays, and Identification Plates
NAICS : 339950 -- Sign Manufacturing

FedBid
FBO

reply to post by xuenchen


I guess they used a $10,000 hammer in an attempt to fix
the prior one and accidentally broke it.

;-)

KPB

Well it is Utah, they have pretty strict rules about dating in the Mormon Religion, what else is a good ole boy supposed to do? It is the middle of the desert ya know?

Nothing they do can surprise me any more I swear.

After reading this I just had to find out how much it would cost them to buy a real bull instead of a fake make believe bull. I plugged in "how much do bulls cost" into google and found out I was rightI was right, the real ones are significantly cheaper than make believe ones

Maybe it's to replace the one on Wall Street .I hear that one is not working very well and may break down any moment

When will this stop...???

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When will this stop...???

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The same day we drop the bickering as citizens, unite for just a few minutes of time and demand it stop.

I give 50/50 odds that ever happens in my lifetime. I can hope tho!

reply to post by xuenchen


Ahhhhh......money laundering.

Thorneblood
They are making a sign out of it? This joke writes itself, send it to Leno. LOL

Buy #: 548198
Solicitation #: W91J0W20170401
Buy Description : Mechanical Bull
Category : 99 -- Miscellaneous
Sub Category : 9905 -- Signs, Advertising Displays, and Identification Plates
NAICS : 339950 -- Sign Manufacturing

FedBid
FBO

edit on 8-10-2013 by Thorneblood because: (no reason given)

LOL On fedbid the quantity is set to 2!

I bet there's a couple of homeless people out there who could have used that money to keep their houses. I bet they're so glad that their government is using their money so wisely.

reply to post by xuenchen


You mean the US Army purchased the Mechanical Bull? From funding granted to them through the GOP Congress? The funds were granted prior to Sept. 04 2013 when the contract was posted for bidders and the bid was awarded October 7th.

If you are saying we should cut funds to the Military in difficult times, I agree...unfortunately the GOP dominated house disagrees, and thus granted them these funds whilst defunding everything from education to food stamps.

www.fbo.gov...