@depthsofwiki You forgot the best one from the land down under
@depthsofwiki oh my god I'd only seen the second from this I am delighted to learn its origin
@depthsofwiki There's been much more interesting stuff go down recently
@depthsofwiki It’s also not usually acceptable to say that a minister is lying, but at least one has got away with saying the Prime Minister was a “stranger to the truth”. I wish this all resulted in better government.
@depthsofwiki I have “the energy of a tired snail returning home from a funeral”
@depthsofwiki @gnat Gonna try to use 'idle vapourings of a mind diseased' in normal conversation this week ✌🏼
@depthsofwiki Lmao The New Zealand Parliamentary Burn Hall of Fame
@depthsofwiki Reminds me of this incident en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuddle_du…
@depthsofwiki i need the story behind the second one
@depthsofwiki can ahhh... can these be used outside of parliament?
@depthsofwiki I don't know, can I use the last one when referring to myself? It's pretty relatable.
@depthsofwiki We have plenty more strange ones that don't make the cut lol. We're quite good at long winded insults.
@depthsofwiki @carterforva New Zealand also has a department where you need to get your baby names approved.
@depthsofwiki Smoothbrain needs to be added to this list
@depthsofwiki @leaveforthecup I feel like @qldcate would appreciate this list and the Canadian one below it.
@depthsofwiki Got one upper... Here in the UK you can't call someone a liar in the parliament, just imagine.
@depthsofwiki @braddock_mr Antipodean parliamentary debate is fantastic - my fave is Keating’s (??) put down of an adversary “I knew ‘im when he had grey hair…”
@depthsofwiki @mrjamesob some of these have you all over it 😂
