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I found that throwing extravagant parties at the Rookery, complete with scantily clad waitstaff were the best way to get votes.

I think many other candidates used the same tactics. I seem to remember a proliferation of such threads, with lots of luaus and dinners and clubs.

Fanfie was my running mate, so part of our party was showing lots of old cartoons.

I wouldn't want anyone to think I was vain and self centred though...no the clear display case for the statue Ibby, and that will be at least 18kt gold I trust...

There exercise involved? >shock<

People "stand" for election rather than "run" in your neck pf the woods, right? Would we say "standing mate"?

My people do not come from the woods! Ex! Stop spreading rumours!

Where I'm from the locals gather together and determine the year's Village Idiot. It's a tough contest between corrupt councillors, inbred nepotism, educational abuse bordering on brainwashing and utter class subservience in doing the bidding of your betters*. Any combination of the above could see the candidate Idiot be favoured by a party (they are all completely interchangeable) and nominated for a seat.

In the middle ages, candidates were nominated for a ducking in the local pond. Many feel that democracy took completely the wrong turn in not maintaining this tradition.

Candidates don't so much stand as wander around bumping into things.

The successful candidate then has the task of deflecting attention from a nation is steep decline by use of amusing drooling, meaningless statements, drawing lines under things, learning lessons from other things, setting up enquiries into line drawing and not learning previous lessons, adultery and libel actions.

Parliament sits. Then restraints are added to make sure they don't wander off while their carers in the civil service get a well needed cup of tea.

The party whip is not, as often believed, a method by which the party ensures that policy is followed. It really is a large whip used to stop wayward Idiots from drifting into city traffic or falling for the most basic expenses scandal. Having Idiots influence the whip continues to prove disastrous.

While one member of Parliament is an Idiot, a group of them is known as a Shame of politicians.

*It turns out that this is a Mr Norman and Mrs Doreen Better who live in Empire's Fall Crescent in Shropshire. The Queen visits there once a month for scones and an update on what to tell the idiots to do to deflect attention from real decisions.

*gasp* Rocky is your ex?!

I thought it was a bit feathery to be a sasquatch...

I think penguins are cuter than sasquatches.

I think both penguins and pandas are cute. Must be the black/white thing.

Dalmatians are kind of cute too!

Cruela deVil, on the other hand, is not cute.

Zebra crossings may be cute, but don't stay too long in heavy traffic.

Jailbirds traditionally wear black and white too, but I don't think they're cute... Other people seem to think they are though.

Cruela deVil appeared in a performance in the 2012 Olympics in London that featured characters from British children's literature. The other villains were much more iconic. I wondered if Cruela appeared because they couldn't get the rights to Jadis, the White Witch, from Narnia.

Or maybe they couldn't get the rights to Maleficent, who seems to be the premier Disney villain. She was one of the top-tier bosses in kingdom Hearts.

The theme was British children's literature, not Disney. Sleeping Beauty was a German fairy tale. The dalmatians were based on a British book.

... zebras ...

Ah, thanks for the clarification, Rocky.

Looks like Peebz has a thing for zebras!

In the UK, "zebra crossings" are similar to crosswalks in the US. They also rhyme "zebra" with "Debra".

The pokemon Zebstrika is a zebra with electrical powers.

One Christmas when my nephews were younger, my mother bought them these little Pokemon speaking digital watches. When you pressed the button, the boy's voice would say "Eight forty-six P.M. Go, Pikachu!" I seem to recall that I "accidentally" stepped on one of them.

I hope your nephews don't read this thread

I'm fairly sure they don't. I'm the only Legion Worlder in the family.