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Date: 13 June 2016

Post No. 2891

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First part of Long-windedness Anecdotes was posted yesterday

Burke and Mr David Hartley of the Ministry arose simultaneously on the floor of the House of Commons. As the speaker granted recognition to Mr Hartley, Burke settled down for a long wait, as Hartley speeches were notorious for their length. In the dreary course of three hours argument, nearly everyone in the house managed to make his escape. At one pause in his speech, Mr Hartley demanded that the Riot act be read to illustrate one of the points he was making .

“The Riot Act, my dear sir!”, Burke exclaimed, “Look at these empty benches. Do you not see that the mob is completely dispersed?”

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Glass of Water

The late Kingfish Henry long had been speaking on a bill in the U S Senate for more than two hours, when he called for a glass of water.

Mr Speaker, I rise to a point of order, said senator Johnson of California

State your point of order

Mr Speaker, continued Sen. Johnson with a straight face I would like to draw the attention of the senator from Louisiana that it is out of order to run a windmill with water.

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Mileage

On one occasion Judge Olin of New York was speaking and in his excitement he walked up and down the aisle passing Thaddeus Stevens seat. At length Stevens said , “Olin, do you expect to get mileage for that speech?

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King Frederick

Much as he hated to give long winded speeches King Frederic William IV hated even more to have to listen to them

Once after a long and tiresome trip he arrived at a small town in Prussia where the natives have thronged the streets since daybreak for his arrival. As the Royal carriage pulled into town the bands began to play, the people shouted and the fat burgomaster, perspiring in a new red coat, came forward, and with a dramatic gesture opened his speech of welcome thus, “Most high and powerful Lord! When Hannibal stood before the gates of Carthage…..He was probably  just as hungry as I am “.

Frederic broke in, putting his hand on the speakers shoulder,

“Come, my friend, let’s go and have dinner together.”

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Lord North, once Prime Minister of England, was accustomed to sleep during the parliamentary harangues of his adversaries, leaving sir grey cooper to note down anything remarkable. During a debate on ship building, some tedious speaker entered on a historical detail, in which, commencing with Noah s ark, he traced the progress of the art regularly downwards. When he came to building the Spanish Armada, Sir Grey inadvertently awoke the slumbering prime minister, who inquired at what era the honourable gentle man had arrived. Being answered,

We are now in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.

Dear me, Sir Grey, said he, why not let me sleep a century or two more?

–subham–