John Bercow on good form today

[The Jorge]

A couple of good "Ooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrdeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrr!"s today, maybe one even worthy of his best bits.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E2BTDIr8i4

Also, foreign people, this is the farce we call democracy. ****, innit?

[redgunamo]

A couple of good "Ooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrdeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrr!"s today, maybe one even worthy of his best bits.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E2BTDIr8i4

Also, foreign people, this is the farce we call democracy. ****, innit?

loooooooooooooooooooool. Which foreigners do you mean precisely?

[Burney]

loooooooooooooooooooool. Which foreigners do you mean precisely?

Possibly the ones who keep having punch-ups in their parliaments?

[The Jorge]

loooooooooooooooooooool. Which foreigners do you mean precisely?

All of them really. I know we're quite used to the whole business but I reckon to most people a guy sat on a sack dressed like a harry potter character screaming Ooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrdeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrr over and over again might look a bit weird.

Also, have you ever tried explaining the opening of parliament to anyone?

[redgunamo]

Possibly the ones who keep having punch-ups in their parliaments?

Or perhaps the ones currently being drone-tomahawked into oblivion so hard they've decided they'd rather, on balance, join us in our "farce"?

[The Jorge]

Possibly the ones who keep having punch-ups in their parliaments?

Ooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrdeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrr, order, Ooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrdeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! !

The right honourable gentleman from Ware will take his seat or will be asked to leave the forum.

[Burney]

All of them really. I know we're quite used to the whole business but I reckon to most people a guy sat on a sack dressed like a harry potter character screaming Ooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrdeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrr over and over again might look a bit weird.

Also, have you ever tried explaining the opening of parliament to anyone?

Lots of things people from other countries do look odd to us. Nips bowing, continentals kissing each other's cheeks, Chinese hawking and spitting, Yanks pledging allegiance to flags, Thais worshipping their royalty, Mexicans having a day of the dead, etc, etc.

People do things differently all over the world and it works for them. You seem to think that there is some sort of platonic ideal of how things ought to be done to which everyone ought to conform. There isn't.

[The Jorge]

Lots of things people from other countries do look odd to us. Nips bowing, continentals kissing each other's cheeks, Chinese hawking and spitting, Yanks pledging allegiance to flags, Thais worshipping their royalty, Mexicans having a day of the dead, etc, etc.

People do things differently all over the world and it works for them. You seem to think that there is some sort of platonic ideal of how things ought to be done to which everyone ought to conform. There isn't.

None of that stuff looks as.....well......bent though, does it?

[Burney]

None of that stuff looks as.....well......bent though, does it?

I find the sight of grown men kissing each other's cheeks quite bent, yes.

[The Jorge]

I find the sight of grown men kissing each other's cheeks quite bent, yes.

Meh, its on the bent spectrum, sure, it's just not as bent as Black Rod, which sounds like a sauna. Also, look at the state of him!

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5280/7166401380_50a042ff67_b.jpg

[Luis Anaconda]

Meh, its on the bent spectrum, sure, it's just not as bent as Black Rod, which sounds like a sauna. Also, look at the state of him!

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5280/7166401380_50a042ff67_b.jpg

hmmm - probably the most revered religio-political figure in the world

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People love that ****, j

[Burney]

Meh, its on the bent spectrum, sure, it's just not as bent as Black Rod, which sounds like a sauna. Also, look at the state of him!

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5280/7166401380_50a042ff67_b.jpg

Our Parliament goes back rather longer than most, j. For that reason, it has picked up a number of ceremonial traditions along the way. They do no harm and they add to the tapestry of things in a way people rather like.

[Sir C]

Meh, its on the bent spectrum, sure, it's just not as bent as Black Rod, which sounds like a sauna. Also, look at the state of him!

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5280/7166401380_50a042ff67_b.jpg

You can decry your country's traditions and reject hundreds of years of democracy if you will, but doing so using homophobic language reflects particularly poorly on you.

[Burney]

hmmm - probably the most revered religio-political figure in the world

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People love that ****, j

That pic is from two Popes ago, la.

Mind you now, that was a proper Pope. Not like this present ****er.

[Burney]

You can decry your country's traditions and reject hundreds of years of democracy if you will, but doing so using homophobic language reflects particularly poorly on you.

Anyway, who's the bald black lad in the background?

[redgunamo]

That pic is from two Popes ago, la.

Mind you now, that was a proper Pope. Not like this present ****er.

Known as The Rat. That one?

[The Jorge]

hmmm - probably the most revered religio-political figure in the world

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People love that ****, j

Bit more religio than political though, surely.

Of course people love that **** but nobody wants to live in a theme park.

[Luis Anaconda]

That pic is from two Popes ago, la.

Mind you now, that was a proper Pope. Not like this present ****er.

I can't be doing with the new one, b. We should bring Pope Benedict back

[The Jorge]

That pic is from two Popes ago, la.

Mind you now, that was a proper Pope. Not like this present ****er.

I know what you mean, he'll be washing lepers feet next. Talk about getting the whole christianity wrong.

[Luis Anaconda]

Bit more religio than political though, surely.

Of course people love that **** but nobody wants to live in a theme park.

I'd say the current one is the other way round, tbh. Doesn't seem to mention the big lad upstairs much.

And live in a theme park - yes please (Not Disneyland though)

[Sir C]

You can decry your country's traditions and reject hundreds of years of democracy if you will, but doing so using homophobic language reflects particularly poorly on you.

Is it the Archbishop of Canterbury?

[Burney]

I can't be doing with the new one, b. We should bring Pope Benedict back

Yeah. Although I don't hold with Popes retiring. You don't get to quit being God's representative on Earth imo.

[The Jorge]

Our Parliament goes back rather longer than most, j. For that reason, it has picked up a number of ceremonial traditions along the way. They do no harm and they add to the tapestry of things in a way people rather like.

But come on though, if it lasted back to caveman times would we be wearing loin cloths? The pomp only highlights the ridiculous constitutional situation more.

And yeah, I'm back on that horse again.

[redgunamo]

I can't be doing with the new one, b. We should bring Pope Benedict back

:mrt: When did he get promoted?

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/17100000/The-A-Team-Face-the-a-team-17165650-768-576.jpg

[The Jorge]

You can decry your country's traditions and reject hundreds of years of democracy if you will, but doing so using homophobic language reflects particularly poorly on you.

It's not homophobic, I mean it more in a "your car is well bent" way.

[Burney]

Is it the Archbishop of Canterbury?

No. He's some tedious lefty *******. He's even worse than the Pope imo.

[The Jorge]

No. He's some tedious lefty *******. He's even worse than the Pope imo.

I'm guessing you chaps arent a fan of John Sentamu

[Sir C]

It's not homophobic, I mean it more in a "your car is well bent" way.

Eh? It's clearly homophobic language. Words matter. Would it be acceptable for me to call a black man a n****r if I had decided the word had a special additional meaning known only to me?

[Burney]

I'm guessing you chaps arent a fan of John Sentamu

I liked him on Gladiators, tbf.

[redgunamo]

Eh? It's clearly homophobic language. Words matter. Would it be acceptable for me to call a black man a n****r if I had decided the word had a special additional meaning known only to me?

Like you care.

[redgunamo]

I liked him on Gladiators, tbf.

Scored a few goals for Palace too.

[The Jorge]

Eh? It's clearly homophobic language. Words matter. Would it be acceptable for me to call a black man a n****r if I had decided the word had a special additional meaning known only to me?

Wait, are you at a wedding or not?

[Sir C]

I'm guessing you chaps arent a fan of John Sentamu

Never met the fellow. I don't really associate much with his sort. Protestants.

[The Jorge]

I liked him on Gladiators, tbf.

The lad would struggle to get up the travelator in the full Mitre

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/John_Sentamu.jpg

[redgunamo]

Never met the fellow. I don't really associate much with his sort. Protestants.

He's from Nigeria, I thought?

[Ash]

Eh? It's clearly homophobic language. Words matter. Would it be acceptable for me to call a black man a n****r if I had decided the word had a special additional meaning known only to me?

Possibly when drunk, I gather.

[The Jorge]

He's from Nigeria, I thought?

I know your game, the old "if a dog's born in a barn..." bit, yeah?

[Sir C]

He's from Nigeria, I thought?

Uganda, apparently. Nice people in my experience, Ugandans.

Can't be doing with Nigerians. They're always threatening to sue me.

[Burney]

The lad would struggle to get up the travelator in the full Mitre

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/John_Sentamu.jpg

He's had his teeth done.

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[Sir C]

Possibly when drunk, I gather.

Oh God, that wedding we were at :-(

Some of the things I said in the smoking area :cry:

[Sir C]

Like you care.

Straight in with the racism card again, I see.

[The Jorge]

He's had his teeth done.

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I think they just stuck an extra one in tbh.

[redgunamo]

He's had his teeth done.

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And his hair

http://www.tilidie.co.uk/images/PalaceSalako.jpg

[Burney]

Uganda, apparently. Nice people in my experience, Ugandans.

Can't be doing with Nigerians. They're always threatening to sue me.

Yeah, the whole Idi Amin business really didn't help their reputation, did it?

Nigeria isn't even amusing now they've got rid of Goodluck Jonathan.

[Burney]

Oh God, that wedding we were at :-(

Some of the things I said in the smoking area :cry:

I thought you were mostly only racist to the subcontinentals? Have you expanded your repertoire?

[Sir C]

I thought you were mostly only racist to the subcontinentals? Have you expanded your repertoire?

That particular incident was sub-continentals; in truth it usually is, but I have a couple of Lebanesers chalked up on my scoreboard for a touch of variety.