In describing their many Parliaments the British have called them really neat, descriptive and appropriate names such as:
Ø Blessed Parliament
Ø Happy Parliament
Ø Useless Parliament
Ø Rump Parliament
Ø Barebone’s Parliament
The list is a lot longer than this but these are the ones that caught my Foolish Eye.
In the case of our Congresses, we just put numbers in front of the word “Congress” and move on. Ah, if we were only as imaginative as the British…
Ø Blessed Congress: I don’t remember us having any Blessed Congress unless they were the very first few Congresses. By the time we got to the 3rd or 4th Congress members figured out that other members thought thoughts. They quickly figured out that many of them thought thoughts that were different from their own thoughts. It was at that point in our evolving history that The Other Guy was invented. That’s when the trouble really started.
Ø Happy Congress: We have had many Happy Congresses. Maybe I ought to clarify this one. I should have said we have had many Happy Hour Congresses.
Ø Useless Congress: We certainly have had a number of Useless Congresses.
Ø Rump Congress: Since “Rump” can refer to the back end of a horse, you must agree that we have had many Rump Congresses.
Ø Barebone Congress: The Barebone’s Parliament actually got its name from a person (The nominee for the City of London, Praise-God Barebone.) However, if Barebone is used to refer to the accomplishments of a particular congress, we have certainly had a number of Barebone Congresses. They are SortaLike Useless Congress (See above).
Allow me to finish this Foolishness with a reference to Oliver Cromwell’s immortal words to the Rump Parliament in 1653 and the plagiarized use of these nifty words by Leo Amery to the Chamberlain Government in 1940…
“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately... Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”
Here is a finish after the finish by the Smartfella about our Congress…
“They do go. They go home every week. The problem is they come back the next week. (Unless they are on Recess, Vacation or Home Work Period).”
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
3 comments:
... and now we have an Obsequious Congress!
Not every day I get to use this word! Actually I wanted to use a stronger word, but the Foolishness Sensor would use up too much black ink ...
It is hard to imagine how many of my Dear Readers you have made look up your word.
Always ready to contribute to the knowledge base of my fellow foolishnessees. OK, I made that word up all by myself.
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