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Learning recipes?

Posted by EAH on August 24, 2003

In Reply to: Learning recipes? posted by sphinx on August 24, 2003

Read up on mid nineteenth century filibusters in the USA national senate.
To prevent a vote on an issue, senators would engage in long rambling debates, which were reputed to go on for days. Apparently, the speaker could talk about anything, not just the merits/demerits of an issue. Reputedly, women Women galleries, notebooks in hand, as senators read aloud the recipe books of mothers and wives.
(for derivation of the word filibuster see www.c-span.org)

The husband's sense of humor is decidely off-color. It's not humorous. Especially his final comment, ignoring of the past 150 years of American history.

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