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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: gao seng who wrote (33990)10/18/2001 11:38:06 AM
From: thames_sider  Respond to of 82486
 
Ah, I've probably heard of him via some quote from CNBC in the glorious bubble years.

I think the House of Commons lost that certain edge when members were no longer allowed to go armed... even duels got banned 200 years ago, although two post-Napoleonic greats managed to fight one nevertheless (Castlereagh and Canning, from memory) - I think one of them shot a button off the other's waistcoat. <g>