July 13, 2004

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And some people want to get rid of the House of Lords in the UK. Then we'd miss out on gems like this debate from January 2003 on the subject of club memberships. Some select quotes (although I heartily recommend reading the whole thing):

Viscount Falkland: [Ed. - not to be confused with Viscount Malvinas] ...I do not want his remarks to leave the Committee with the suspicion that I am, in any way, a chauvinist pig, in taking that line...

The Earl of Onslow: It has something to do with English culture, in which we have men-only clubs. The idea that the French should have men-only clubs would be laughed out of court....I know that there was a frightful row in the Oxford and Cambridge Club, although I am too stupid to have gone to university. They said that women could not join the Oxford and Cambridge Club. That is silly, if the condition for membership of a club is that one must have a degree from Oxford or have served in a cavalry regiment. A woman who has served in a cavalry regiment—an Amazon—or a woman who holds a degree from Oxford or Cambridge should be entitled to be a member of the relevant club...We old-fashioned, Neanderthal male chauvinist piggies should be allowed occasionally to get together and enjoy the company of the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancellor.

The people of Onslow are lucky to have such an Earl as their noble.

(via avid reader Richard)

posted by Simon on 07.13.04 at 03:58 PM in the




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Quite right, too. It wasn't until men took over running the LRC (Ladies Recreation Club) that it opened a decent bar.

posted by: fumier on 07.13.04 at 04:12 PM [permalink]

Man, I think I love that Earl of Onslow guy. You have to adore a man who can't possibly tell you what he's thinking.

posted by: Helen on 07.14.04 at 01:59 AM [permalink]

I bet his nickname at School was "Stinky".

posted by: Random Penseur on 07.14.04 at 05:50 AM [permalink]




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