Last night's odd dream

[xiphias]

I went to Great Britian. While there, I got a chance to stare in at the House of Lords. I was quite relieved to note that they all DID wear crowns that looked more or less like the ones we wore in Iolanthe, and they also all wore robes that looked EXACTLY like the ones that Tony and Len wore as Lord Mountararat and Lord Tolloler.

Also, the people who appeared to be the heads of the parties, while they clearly weren't Tony and Len, did have distinct Tonyish and Lenlike features.

The House of Lords did not, in fact, sing, but did spend most of their time marching around in lines, led by the people who looked kind of like Tony and Len.

Today, I taught Hebrew school. After school, I was schmoozing with Rafi, and we started talking about odd dreams, and I mentioned this one. Since he's from Great Britian, I asked if that was more or less accurate, and he confirmed that it was.

My boss at Hebrew school is quite possibly nearly as weird as the rest of my friends.

Comments

[navrins]

My TiVo caught the "State Opening of Parliament" some time last week. The Peers all wore red cloaks like fancier versions of our tenors', the Lord Chancellor was dressed just like ours... pretty cool.

[ckd]

I've actually been in the House of Lords chamber (they weren't in session). You have to like any organization that has ceremonies involving Black Rod and Garter Principal King of Arms approaching the Lord Chancellor as he sits on the Woolsack, then bowing to the Cloth of Estate.

I mean, really!

[deerdancer22.livejournal.com]

Wierd is good!!:?}

[papersky.livejournal.com]

They only dress and process for the Opening of Parliament, the rest of the time they wear clothes like anyone else.

The House of Lords is televised, it might be possible to google for screenshots... yes, there are lots.

http://www.publica.com/link.lords.ap.jpg

shows them looking normal.

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

"Parliament: Where kids are king!"