Unparliamentary Terms

Oh a wonderful resource – a (non-exhaustive) list of terms ruled unparliamentary over the years. They include:

* Idle vapourings of a mind diseased
* His brains could revolve inside a peanut shell for a thousand years without touching the sides
* Like a snail leaves a slime behind him
* Frustrated warlord
* Ayatollah
* The Arapawa Goat

This reminds me of that classi Havoc and Newsboy episode where they sat in the shamber with then Speaker Jonathan Hunt and rattlked through a list of obscene words asking him for each one if it could be used in the House. After a dozen or so he looked most relieveved when they finally found one which was legit!

Hat Tip: Tony Milne