Dem Wacky Senators

[julia_loves_me]

"The filibuster occurs more frequently because it is now easier to stage one. Often it consists not of a senator's making a long speech but of endless requests for the clerk to call the roll...Opponents of the filibuster would bring cots and blankets to the Senate so that they could sleep and eat there, ready to take the floor the moment the

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[spacemanspiffy]

whoa, you're right

"oi minister, is that a squirrel in yer trousers"
--"what?"
"Hah, the floor is mine!"

[thisisallido]

i agree with you on the (B) choice... don't know what a "Vincent's class" is so can't agree with you there.

[lucky_dan]

oh man, that is exactly how vincent's class went...

{vincent}"test test test....today we will take a"

{me}"younevertoldusaboutatest,youcantexpectustotakeanddowellonatestwewerenotawareofisthishowtheydoitinfrance?causeifitisthatexplainsalot"

[errantoftherose]

yeah its harder to filibuster in AP French, we only got 10 people to keep it going, they still get her to explain the differences between que and qui 50 times, and since wednesday have organized one AP review session (4 hours of class to plan 1 hour of review). But then she lays down the cloture of giving detention to David Elkins and sending Kim Chan to the magnet office (everyday!). Well I am still eating throughout all of this, but I do need to bring a cot.