A flash in the pan (or something else) in the old Palace of Westminster ...
I had to restrain myself from commenting on the original,
rather more serious, discussion here on the forum:
Sewage pumping equipment in the bowels of Parliament dates back to Victorian timesI really don't want to read about
William Gladstone's bodily functions, frankly.

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