Yesterday, at work, I was asked to sit in the TV room and take notes on the House Floor action on the Interior's appropriations bill for three hours.   My coworkers gave me sympathetic looks whenever they passed through the room, and I got several "Staying awake there?"s.  And yes, it was indeed quite dull and my eyelids did get droopy at times.   But you know what?  I'd never watched C-Span before.  Or at least, I'd never paid attention when it was on.   Once I got the hang of the routine, watching our legal system at work was actually *gasp* interesting!

I watched an amendment banning the import of polar bear parts from Canada get pulverized in a recorded vote.   But before it was defeated, there was this amusing (for C-Span standards) exchange:

Washington congressman who proposed the amendment:  "I yield for a question from the gentleman from Utah."

Utah congressman:  "I thank the gentleman for yielding.  May I ask if the displayed picture of the polar bear is noo?"

Washington: *blinks*  "......new?"

Utah:  "Nu."

Washington:  *enunciates* "New?"

Utah:  "Yes.  NOOO."

Washington:  *gives him a very impatient look and moves onto the next question*

At this point, I was biting my lip to keep the giggles in.  Then, one of the administrative assistants down the hall emerged from her office, apparently as bewildered as I was from this exchange, and exclaimed, "Did he just ask if the polar bear is NUDE??"

Giggles runneth over.  :)