Laughing in the House

April 5th, 2006 at 6:24 am by David Farrar

Jane Clifton (as usual) captures wonderfully yesterday in the House as Winston demanded repeatedly that Gerry Brownlee be made to apologise for interjecting during a point or order from the Rt Hon.

Gerry it seems did not interject, he just laughed loudly, and hence wasn’t seeing that he had interjected. How-ever Winston kept whining so finally the Speaker told Gerry he had to apologise. The result:

Mr Brownlee: “I apologise. Point of order!”

Ms Wilson: “Point of order, Mr Brownlee?”

Mr Brownlee: “What have I just apologised for?”

That was hilarious. Game, set and match to Brownlee.

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15 Responses to “Laughing in the House”

  1. Ten Cents Says:

    What happenned to Winston Peters?

    I haven’t heard a quality soundbite from him since he was going on about handing NZ Visa’s out under a tree outside the Embassy in New Delhi (some time ago)

    He truly seems to have become a whining poodle.
    Brownlee: 2
    Peters: 0

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  2. Danyl Mclauchlan Says:

    Wow. Brownlee v Peters – another intellectual clash of the titans.

    Keep laughing at his feeble jokes, but everytime Labour does something loathsome (roughly a bi-weekly occurence recently) and I contemplate voting National next time round I’m stopped short by the prospect of Gerry Brownlee as acting PM while the leader is overseas. I don’t think our currency value or balance of trade could take a hit like that.

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  3. mikey bill Says:

    Billy Bunter vs Andy Capp

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  4. David Farrar Says:

    Acting PMs don’t actually do anything you realise? PMs still run the show no matter what country they are in.

    And if it will make you feel better in a coalition the Deputy PM could be Rodney, Peter, Winston or Tariana :-)

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  5. Mike Readman Says:

    After that partial transcript, Winstone still carried on about it!

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  6. Craig Ranapia Says:

    The Pathology of the Bully #100,701: Don’t laugh at their expense. It really, really upsets them.

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  7. Cadmus Says:

    With a dim witted buffoon like Gerry Brownlee in the house, no doubt concessions by the speaker would have to be made.

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  8. Mark Says:

    Wipe your face Cadmus, I can see some of Winston’s shit on your nose

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  9. Murray Says:

    Well the dim witted buffoon made your poodle look like a complete tool there hot lips.

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  10. side show bob Says:

    Winnie sounded like whining child sniveling to the teacher, I thought a MP was suppose to be an adult. He will be leaving apples on Wilson’s desk next.

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  11. Ed Snack Says:

    I thought the laughter was about the tremendous joke of a speaker we have. Not often you get to see so many backflips in such a short time either. Well past time for a vote of no confidence in the speaker, or better still, a petition of no confidence.

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  12. Murray Says:

    About time the general population did that actually.

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  13. Rumpole Says:

    Right Murray – problem is they only take notice of what suits them.

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  14. Josh Says:

    “Only take notice of what interests them” is more like it, and petty point-scoring and oneupmanship like this crap is precisely the reason why most people don’t give a rat’s arse about politics.

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  15. David Says:

    $40,000 Hahahahahaha. I guess no entree when eating out in Courtney Place for a few months.

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