Fast times in Parliament usually end in heated debates, but not everything goes in terms of what can be said.
Insults, "unbecoming" language and accusations of dishonesty are banned, according to a list on the New Zealand Parliament website, but we're seriously considering getting some of these phrases back into circulation in the newsroom.
Some of our favourites include the 1936 term "Fungus Farmer" which may have been rude in 1936 but is a perfectly legitimate occupation today.
Another favourite is the 1949 banned phrase "His brains could revolve inside a peanut shell for a thousand years without touching the sides."
Have a read of (and a laugh at) this selection of 'unparliamentary language' from the indexes of the New Zealand Parliamentary Debates, you hypnotised rabbit.