As the marathon voting session in Canada's House of Commons moved from the wee small hours of one day to the wee small hours of the next, several Members practiced the art of sleeping with their eyes open. Others had to be wakened to vote with an electric prod.
It soon became clear that the epic session was not going to be as dramatic as James Stewart's speech in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" or as funny as Bob Hope's filibuster in "Louisiana Purchase."
Not intentionally, anyway. There was a moment when an NDP Member tattled on a government MP: "Mr. Speaker," he said, "the Member from Sarnia has brought a cup of coffee into the house." After this, we could expect to hear such complaints as "Mr. Speaker, the Member from Walloon-Buffalo Hump is making faces at me" and "Mr. Speaker, please tell the Member from Osopeechy to stop snoring."
Favorite song of all Members at this point: Dave Frishberg's "Gotta Get Me Some Zs."
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