--- In
Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Thompson"
<andy.thompson@v...> wrote:
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bernie Kornowicz" <kornowicz@c...>
> To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 2:20 AM
> Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: ...and another thing...
>
>
>
> > > > > Congress.
> > > > >
> > > > Do they have one of those on the other side?
> > >
> > > What, after death? Could you tell the difference?
> > >
> > > Andy T.
> > >
> >
> > Oh, sorry Andy. I meant the other side of the pond. But then,
you do
> > have a point.
> >
> > Bernie
>
> Sorry, Bernie - I knew what you meant - it was a feeble-minded
attempt at
> wit. :-) No, we don't have a congress in the UK - it would be
far too
> republican, as in 'like a republic', rather than the party. We
have a
> several hundred year-old parliamentary system involving the 'House
of
> Commons' and 'House of Lords'. Positively medieval, but there you
go.
> Although we don't have a president, our prime minister (whoever
they are)
> might as well be one, so we're spared two lots of elections every
four
> years.
>
> Andy T.
> M400 #1145: neither republican nor royalist. Ever seen a Mellotron
try to
> sit on a fence?
>
It's also more entertaining to watch than congress :)
Bernie