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Daily Discussion Thread: 🎄 Wednesday, September 18, 2024 (aussie.zone)

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[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Omg wow!! I had no idea about the top hat or any of those shenanigans! Holy shit! I have another rabbit hole!

[–] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

Also the benches in the House of Commons are required to be the length of two swords held extended at minimum apart - to stop the Honourable Members stabbing each other in the heat of debate.
Well, no one makes laws/rules about flying to the moon with brown paper bags for wings, so there must have been at least one incident where keeping the Honourable Members apart was important.

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

There is some real fascinating shit buried under layers of creaky old historic bureaucracy. I totally dig it.

The top hat survives in Australia as a piece of paper over one's head in Parliament... though I'm not sure if anyone still does it. :D