Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/05/06/braying-hoo-rays.html
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A “very fine” gentleman indeed.
Tourette syndrome beginning?
Dude, we can hear you.
Is he claiming it isn’t a “barnyard” noise? That’s a pretty narrow objection.
I love this trend (I guess it’s not new) of people pretending to be hurt and offended when they are called-out for shitty behavior, as though calling someone out is the actual problem.
You’d think a member of the New Zealand legislature would at least have enough decorum to make sheep noises.
…following his expulsion, he went to the bathroom and hi-fived Peter Pan and the other guys. FINALLY! ugh, I thought I’d never get out of there. I Parliament is sooooooooo booooooring.
He was saying MOO-urns.
The dry summary of the incident did not prepare me for the hilarity of the video.
“How is it […] that I’m the naughty boy in this parliament?”
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“Do I really need to explain?”
No-one would have noticed if he’d made donkey noises.
Churchill said “the best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter”.
Well I’ve witnessed this particular brand of juvenile atavistic theater first-hand and would wager that five minutes in that public gallery during question time presents a stronger argument against.
To be fair it’s all about the dairy cattle these days. Not in numbers of animals, but in income.
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