Damn......I stand corrected they are Monotremes

I have NO idea why I thought they were echinoderms.

Sigh.....I should have double checked to begin with.

MrS

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All the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are set to 4:20? Not true. I've heard that before, and the only time that a clock is actually visible, it is set to 7:22

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Not true. I've heard that before, and the only time that a clock is actually visible, it is set to 7:22

yup ur rite. i hav this no dvd, and last time i watched it i thought hmm.. i'll keep an eye out for the clocks, and sure enuf, it werent set to 4.20

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In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

Untrue.

The purpose of the speaker is to insure that order is kept in the house of commons. If a member of parliment is saying something prohibited (such as directly calling another member a liar), then the speaker will interupt that memeber and tell them to stop.

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Originally posted by joeh152 Untrue. The purpose of the speaker is to insure that order is kept in the house of commons. If a member of parliment is saying something prohibited (such as directly calling another member a liar), then the speaker will interupt that memeber and tell them to stop.

Just wondering....is the Speaker in the House of Commons also an elected MP or are they an "outsider"?

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Originally posted by MrSquirrel Just wondering....is the Speaker in the House of Commons also an elected MP or are they an "outsider"? MrS

It is my understanding that the speaker is an elected MP. After a general election, at the start of the new parliament there is a vote amongst the MP's for a speaker.

Once elected a speaker ceases to represent any political party, but remains a MP. At the next general election they run again to be an MP in their local constituency. It is customary for the political parties not to run a candidate for that seat.

When the new parliament begins after the election, I believe they have another vote for speaker, I think that it would be very rare for that speaker to loose the vote to someone else. The speaker previous to the one now was in the job for some years, and only was replaced when they retired.

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