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We're eager for a distraction from gymnasts' searing statements and a tone-deaf resignation letter, so we grabbed a chance for amusement with this photo tweeted Wednesday:

We posted the deputy editorial page editor's image of Gov. Rick Snyder, without her explanation, and invited social media guesses about what he holds. More than 100 ideas are posted -- some whimsical, most sharply pointed. 

About 20 followers can't resist dropping an obvious F-word. No, not that one -- another with five letters, as used here:

Others posts are funny (drugstore receipts), harsh (legal defense bills) or supportive ("list of the haters"). 

These are among imaginative Facebook replies:

  • Here's my CVS receipt. -- Steve Rosneck, Macomb Township [one of 10 in this vein] 
  • A list of all the damage done to vehicles from potholes this year. -- Randy Grose, Lansing
    [one of six on this topic]
  • These are the missing votes from Detroit. -- James M. Gonzalez, Detroit
  • List of the haters -- people who complained, yet couldn't even come close to his accomplishments.
    -- Chris MacGregor, Detroit
  • The list of shout-outs in my State of the State speech. -- Jan Jewell Hubbard, Utica
  • A list of colors that would have been a better choice instead of this green tie I'm wearing. -- Daniel Tanner
  • Look what I found -- the missing votes for Hillary! -- Paul J. Elliott, Maumee, Ohio
  • A list of the shout-outs in my State of the State. -- Joni Hubred
  • My "to do" list from the DeVos family. -- Don Nellis
  • My doctor's report saying I’m the healthiest governor ever. -- Steve Hackley, Berkley
  • Millionaires' tax exemptions. -- Michael Mangone, Warren
  • Here is the list of reasons why I can't wait to return to the private sector. -- Andrew Williams
  • I hold a distraction from my bright green tie. -- Mary-Jo Colvin, Flint native now in Grand Junction, Colo.
  • This is your water bill. -- Cindy Marietta, Saint Clair Shores
  • The legal bill you taxpayers are paying for me. -- Clark Smith
  • The real profit reports on the film industry. -- Patrick Kelly
  • The list of reasons why we still haven’t fixed our roads. -- Nick Fry, Kalamazoo
  •  A list of people better-qualified to be the governor of Michigan. -- Tanya Oakes, Oscoda
  • The receipt for my tax payer funded legal defense. -- Patrick Shamsuddoha, Bloomfield Hills  
  • All of the Michigan beaches and waterways currently contaminated with E. coli. -- Michael Ireson
  • The secret list of donors to my private fund to cover the consultants working in the governor's office as volunteers. -- Larry Whiteside
  • A list of names of those I and Bill Schuette denied the right to marry until the federal government made us do so. -- Greg Moorehead​, Kalamazoo
  • A list of all the people that can't wait to see me leave. -- Terry Bloidgett
  • All the reasons I shouldn't be here. -- Christine Gallagher
  • The number of taxes I increase in eight years. -- Terry Harder
  • My lawyers' fees. -- Andrea Suzanne Moore [Similar ones from Jesse Riggs and ]
  • A list of people better qualified to be the governor of Michigan. -- Tanya Oakes, Oscoda
  • Expense account receipts. -- Bill Brann
  • The list of those who hate me. -- Robyn Stockwell