If you need a chuckle to start your Friday off well, here are a few moments of Canadian Dry to tickle the needy funny bone.
Canadian Member of Parliament Pat Martin gifted us with this unique excuse for having scooted out of the Session he was meant to be firmly ass-in-seat for.
The local press, and CBC, had a well-deserved yee-haw day with the clever gaffe recovery, including this titillating bit from CBC herself.
NDP MP Pat Martin had a somewhat uncomfortable explanation for a brief absence from his seat in the House of Commons on Thursday morning.
The Winnipeg Centre representative voted on a procedural motion to adjourn debate, then left his seat for a moment.
What he didn’t explain during Session and hot-micced to all of Canada, was just as funny and a fine homage to Canadian deftness of hand with humor in politics.
“Some Conservative MP got his knickers in a knot, I think, about the fact that I stepped away from my chair for a couple of seconds, and so, you know, I believe that his point of order was tongue in cheek and it warranted a cheeky response,” Martin told host Evan Solomon, while admitting that a sale of 50 per cent off is like “catnip to a Winnipegger.”
“But … that’s not why I left my seat in the House of Commons, I left to go and have a chat with the Speaker and I think Mr. Galipeau overreacted heavily by saying I should forfeit my vote for having the temerity to ask the Speaker a question during a vote,” Martin said.
“It was a cheeky answer to what I thought was a cheeky question,” Marin said. “But it begs the question, I mean, a lot of the grumpiness in the House of Commons might be traced to the fact that MPs are buying one size too small in their knickers.”
A genuine knicker twist!
Would like to point out that this was posted before Maddow had at the same giggle fit material. 🙂
That was an awesome segment. But you beat her to it, Bear!