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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 14 Hansard (11 December) . . Page.. 5052 ..

MS HORODNY (continuing):

It should not offend anyone. It is a Bill and Hillary Clinton joke. If you have heard it already, then excuse me. Bill and Hillary Clinton are reminiscing about how they met and Bill says to Hillary, "Remember how you used to go out with a butcher? Aren't you lucky you married me because, if you'd married the butcher, you'd now just be a butcher's wife". Hillary says, "No, Bill, if I'd married the butcher, he'd be the President".

MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister) (11.28), in reply: I forgot to thank the most important people and that is the attendants who run those messages up to me during question time and save me all the time. Thank you very much to the attendants and, of course, to Hansard as well. Merry Christmas to everyone. Most importantly, Mr Speaker, merry Christmas to you.

MRS LITTLEWOOD (11.29): Mr Speaker, with your indulgence, I forgot to thank someone too, and that is my dear husband who is at home now. At least the cricket is on now and he will be able to amuse himself. All the best to you.

MR SPEAKER: Before we adjourn, I would like to thank, on behalf of you all, my private staff, Sue Whittaker and Brian Lowe. I would also particularly like to thank Mark McRae, Tom Duncan, Maureen Weeks, and the entire Assembly Secretariat, the attendants and the people who work in various cubbyholes, if you like, in this building and who make this place run effectively and efficiently. Without them we could not operate as an Assembly.

I would also like to say that, in the event that we meet again after 21 February, first of all it would be the delight of my life if you would all stick to the time limits, please. Secondly, apart from wishing Ms Horodny all the best in her newfound life, and there is a life out of this Assembly, it is my wish that if I do see you all back here you are all in the same place. The Assembly stands adjourned to a day and hour to be fixed by the Speaker in accordance with the resolution agreed to earlier this day. Merry Christmas and a successful new year.

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