Strange sights
There were strange and unlikely . sights in this confused debate. The gargantuan Eric Heffer made an impassioned appeal for the family unit which must have lit many a candle in his name before altars in Liverpool. Having no children of his own, he was in 'some dif ficulty in drawing from personal experietne but he 'did say that he was offended when walking in the streets of London acc,ompanied by his mother-in-law which I have no reason to doubt.
Of course the Scotchmen were there. Mr Baker of Banff, who is rightly concerned lest permissiveness sweeps the night life of his constituency, wondered why Edinburgh, Dundee and Perth were excluded from clause 3(7) whereas Glasgow and Aberdeen are specifically mentioned. Puzzle cannot say, but the information will no doubt be of inestiMa" ble value when Master Driver compiles hi5 next Good Food Guide. To the credit of Sir Gilbert Longden he tried to bring sortie culture to the proceedings b,Y offering a free translation of a line of-Juvenal: "What matter the mischief if there is moneY„ in it?" To this the permissive bounder Wi" Hamling said "Good old capitalists." Sir Gil' bert, strong as he is on the classics, then revealed some anatomical confusion when he ventured the opinion that the ancient Roman pornographers, to whom Juvenal was referring, were revealing the ugly face of caPi" talism.
From all that has been said it will be deduced that the Commons, the other even' ing, was no place. for a scholar and 8 gentleman, This was confirmed by the intervention of Rear Admiral Morgan-Giles. 14e was in splendidly succint form, taking but 120 seconds to inform the House that it should not "sit in the middle watch" and ordered that everyone should "legislate vigorously." Witicli that the Ancient Mariner scuttled himself an awaited the dog watch.
Puzzle was dismayed by the entire proceedings. There were so many people there
who had spent many an hour studying pornographic material that, by their Own thesis,
they must be dangerous company indeed NI; one so innocent of the sophisticated ways Ot
the metropolis. Quts etistothet custodes, Puzzle muttered, 'Made a polite excuse, and left. )11 .r
Tom Puzzle
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