Just so you know, ‘bonkers’ is unparliamentary language. But it could have been worse. From Standing Committee A, looking into the Railways Bill:
Mr McNulty (Minister of State) on Mr Knight (C, East Yorkshire): He is either being obtuse or, given that it is late in the day, completely stupid, by raising such very serious points, not least the ones about drivers, in the context of mechanisms to make byelaws—completely stupid in the sense that, if he is offering a suggestion as to what rail byelaw might prevent some poor unfortunate from committing suicide, he is bonkers.
The Chairman: I will reflect on whether the term “bonkers” is accepted parliamentary language.
McNulty: In lieu of someone going away to do research on parliamentary good behaviour, which covers more than parliamentary language, I will cheerfully withdraw my use of the word “bonkers” if it is unparliamentary.
Later that day…
McNulty: That is why I was angry and why I called the hon. Gentleman bol—bonkers, for which I apologised. I nearly said what I was really thinking.
The Chairman: I have already decided that “bonkers” is unparliamentary, and the other word certainly would have been as well.
Whatever could that other word have been?
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Why, Bolshevik of course! Down with all Bolsheviks!
Count Mushroom Stroganoff said this on January 31st, 2005 at 6:10 pm