OFF: Fw: weird facts

[Nick Widdows]

On Sun, 25 Jan 1998 23:14:10 -0600 DAMON CAPEHART
<monsieur at MYMAIL.NET> wrote:

> To the Brits in the audience tonight...
> Is the following REALLY true, and - if so - what exactly is the
> justification behind it?  Apologies for being so OFF, but
> curiousity has gotten to me once again.
>
> > In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
>
> It just seems like a bit of a double-take to us Americans.
>
> Thanks,
> Damon


The Speaker is basically there to shout "order" when the
politicians talk crap. You can't expect much from someone
who was a stripper 50 or so years ago.
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Nick Widdows
NWiddows at bradford.ac.uk