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I notice when I watch TV scenes from the British Commons a large number of deputies standing.
Is it a case that there are not enough actual seats for everyone wins one?
Or is this phenomonon just to get a head-start on the rush to the bar afterwards?
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I suspect they have taken most of 'em home "on expenses". 
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They are probably suffering from hemorrhoids 
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I thought MP's were hemorrhoids? THey are certainly a PITA ... 
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Hear, hear, mumble, mumble 
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Two pints of lager, and a packet of crisps, please.
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The number of MPs has grown over time, while the size of the meeting chamber has not, so it is possible that this is the case.
There are also arcane rules regarding MPs who enter the chamber in the middle of a debate. IIRC, They must wait near the entrance until given permission by the Speaker to take their seats.
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Arcane, or just good manners? (Not that being late is good manners anyway, but then disturbing the debate whilst making your way to a seat compounds the insult).
There is not enough space for everyone (around 427 seats for 650 MPs, and it was even rebuilt this way after war damage), but:
1. It's pretty rare for everyone to be present anyway, except maybe for state occasions or really important and close-run debates
2. There are more MPs than when the Chamber was originally designed...
3. ... and people have got bigger since then, too. (For one thing, there are now many many female MPs who tend to have wider hips)
However it's not unusual to see them really crammed in, especially on the front benches; one can't help but think that the crush must both distract from concentrating on the issues at hand, and also hurry things along to some extent.
It's not unusual for MPs to spend debate time in other locations, and only attend when the division bell is rung. This is why there is a "repeater" bell in several nearby pubs - so long as they're within an 8-minute dash.
I did laugh at the OP's terminology of "deputies". Technically of course they are deputised to represent their constituents, but most of them would never consider themselves to be deputy to anyone!!
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Deputy is the Irish coming out in me. It's an alternative term for our members of parliament, officially a Teachta Daila or TD. We would use it where the British might use Right Honourable or Honourable Gentleman - not sure which, perhaps both
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DerekT-P wrote:
... and people have got bigger since then, too. (For one thing, there are now many many female MPs who tend to have wider hips)
Her underwear looked like a dress for someone with two waists?
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That's deput-exit. They want to leave, may be not. So they just stand there while others wait for them to do something.
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Head-start for the loo mayhap?
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The more I read about your House of Commons, the fewer differences I find with our House of Representatives.
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Avoid first lady holding banner (5)
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Avoid
first lady EV E
holding
banner AD
EVADE
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Ya 
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As of a few hours ago I got my new SlangParser class (generated with Parsley) to parse C# expressions.
That's HARD. They're very ambiguous, and parser generators don't typically deal with ambiguity very well.
I'm working on statements now.
Plus Parsley has a C# only mode now that generates FAST with the /fast switch. Woo
So much winning today.
Edit: As of now it's parsing the most ambiguous statements. Now I just need to make the rest of the easier cases
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
modified 26-Dec-19 21:43pm.
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And the turkey, have you forgotten it?
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Nope, we've already eaten a bunch of it. And I made mashed potatoes you'd fight me for.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Mashed potato wrestling? Outside of CP HQ?
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I thought she was talking about a turkey.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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He was talking about a turkey here The Lounge[^]
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Hung over?
Playing with new toys?
Not talking?
Zombie Apocalypse upon us?
They call me different but the truth is they're all the same!
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Work... and also playing with new toy on my desk. 
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