To Shorten Debates.
Wisdom comes to us In a solid chunk from a tribe of South Africans. This tribe believes that long speeches are injurious both to the speaker and to his hearers. Wherefore in order to protect both hearer and speaker, there is a tribal law that, every public orator must stand on one leg only while he is making a speech. If the other leg is brought to the ground, the oration must immediately end. The wisdom of the South African is carefully commended to both Houses of the Legislature in the coming session. It would speedily leave the time talker “not a leg to stand on.”
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 5, 31 January 1912, Page 41
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109To Shorten Debates. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 5, 31 January 1912, Page 41
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