Ain't nothing but a V thing as American politicians are banned from speaking out in state debate
TWO skirt-wearing American politicians have been banned from using the V-word, not, you may be relieved to learn, in the state of Virginia but in Michigan.
TWO skirt-wearing American politicians have been banned from using the V-word, not, you may be relieved to learn, in the state of Virginia but in Michigan.
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During a debate about abortion, Lisa Brown, a Democrat, managed to tell the Speaker in the state legislature that she was "flattered you're all so interested in my vagina" before she was cut off, quite possibly in her prime. Another Democrat, Barb – surely short for Barbara – Byrum, caused even more of a ruckus after Republicans refused to permit her to introduce an amendment which would allow men only to have vasectomies in extremis, which is usually why they have them anyway, isn't it? By the by, it is 40 years since Michael Parkinson told an awe-struck nation that a vasectomy is "the best present a man can give his wife". Please celebrate this wonderful anniversary with your usual restraint.
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Ain't nothing but a V thing as American politicians are banned from speaking out in state debate
TWO skirt-wearing American politicians have been banned from using the V-word, not, you may be relieved to learn, in the state of Virginia but in Michigan.
During a debate about abortion, Lisa Brown, a Democrat, managed to tell the Speaker in the state legislature that she was "flattered you're all so interested in my vagina" before she was cut off, quite possibly in her prime. Another Democrat, Barb – surely short for Barbara – Byrum, caused even more of a ruckus after Republicans refused to permit her to introduce an amendment which would allow men only to have vasectomies in extremis, which is usually why they have them anyway, isn't it? By the by, it is 40 years since Michael Parkinson told an awe-struck nation that a vasectomy is "the best present a man can give his wife". Please celebrate this wonderful anniversary with your usual restraint.
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