IT'S amazing what tickles some people. But we know that Tory MPs are a strange bunch, so perhaps we shouldn't be too surprised by the latest thing to have them whooping and laughing in Parliament.
During today's business questions, our old friend, the MP for Moray Douglas Ross, raised the very important issue of a Burns-inspired, haggis-flavoured ice cream.
More specifically, the subject was an 84-year-old man's description of the new variety of ice cream which blends whisky, tattie scones and haggis.
Putting to one side how horrific that sounds, that coupled with Ross's second-hand description, and the subsequent response from Andrea Leadsom, is enough to to make you want to lie down for a minute or two.
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Ross told the Commons: "Last week, as many of us celebrated Rabbie Burns, Sheila Gray, of Fochabers Ice Cream Parlour in Moray, in her own nod to the Bard, was creating a new variety of ice cream which blended whisky, tattie scones and haggis.
"So will the Leader of the House join me in congratulating Sheila for this latest imaginative variety, particularly since loyal customer 84-year-old Charlie Armour – after trying the ice cream – described it as 'better than sex'."
Leadsom joked in reply: "Well, with 84 years of experience I'm sure Charlie would know.
"I'm not sure it'd be my first choice of flavour, but I guess it would have to be tasted to be believed."
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