How Many Roads Must a Man Walk Down? 40th Parliamentary Handbook Exchange November 2024

 The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.

Searching this morning, once again, for the meaning of liff, I returned to Douglas Adams's work on the topic, which is no more, nor less, than a dictionary of useful definitions for things previously undefined, using as the single word for each definition, the name of a town in England.

The gentlemen of the Wuhan Waistcoat Society, incorporating the Parliamentary Handbook Annual Exchange met at PJ Cook's club for the 2nd event of this calendar year, on the 29th November 2024. A decided sense of *Farnham had descended on the men, with unfinished business at home, work and in preparation for further entertainments 

Advised that it is already nearly Christmas - due to the number and amount of commercial sales of things which look somehow relevant to a festive celebration, discussion arose and the members agreed, that it was all too soon, too often, and bullshit.

JRU attended and lazily undid and left open his Wuhan Waistcoat - in the new relaxed style redolent of "The New Athenaeum Club"

Image: past presidents of THE NEW ATHENAEUM, out of focus. Best that way.

It wasn't long at all before relatively new member of the club (Wuhan Waistcoat & Parliamentary Handbook) Fentonio Jones raised the question of risks to insolvency practitioners of non payment of costs. PJ Cook was ready with the most recent High Court application information, and to great surprise of all at the club, regaled the members with FULL details of each step along the tortuous path from small claim by R Browne, to twin appeals in the Full Court, etc, etc, ad nauseum.

His Majesty proudly presented his image to the members present, with full outdoor kit, sword and gold gimp braid. Notice of motion for the next annual meeting to the effect "Does the Club need royal patronage or sponsorship?" was placed on the table.

Your members present, dining room secluded from public view, smiles all around. 

Now, back to the purpose of the exercise: finding and allocating the two Parliamentary Handbook 1984 and assorted other books.

Allocation for the balance of 2024 and into the new calendar 2025 year:

PJ Cook - its Kirtons to you. 

                    also: State of the Union (about the Tasmanian University Union pre Herr Abetz

                    and with: Parliamentary Handbook signed 'Reginald Wright'

G Leigh Sealy SC - Original 1984 Parliamentary Handbook co -owned by PA Kimber and GL Sealy

                and with - Ian Callinan's The Coroner's Conscience, heretofore unread in entirety

JR Upcher - the Tasmanian University Law Review - more detail to be forthcoming from JRU when/if he reads any of the articles

Fentonio Jones - Dobson Mitchell and Allport, 175 Years - featuring live photographs of 3 members of the Wuhan Waistcoat Society

                and also - Bill Cox Miscellany of Law, personally signed by our former Chief Justice and Governor

ME O'Farrell - released with the Wooden Hookers tome. No one yet knows about it, and Curtly's review is anticipated with baited breath

Flag 4, by Dudley Pope: FOUND in the care of JR Upcher, and due to having found it so interesting he could not put it down, Upcher requests (granted) to continue to hold Dudley's most magnificent book - co-owned by the Cook-Kimber Insolvency Costs Claim Combination.

Kimber - 1981 Law Convention Handbook

                   and also, PAK retained his own copy of the Meaning of Liff (D Adams)

                    with - the 2nd copy of the Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia 22nd edition, of 1984, being the copy gifted to PAK by GL Sealy on the celebration of PAK's 60th birthday some time ago. A feeling of *Aberystwyth overcame the recipient at this point

Image: PAK - one of the founding members of the Parliamentary Handbook Exchange

PJ Cook - having recently been promised to have contributions to the cost of the lunch paid, on the condition subsequent that no more discussion on liquidators' costs is raised

ME O'Farrell, "Oh no, Not the comfy chair!" Deeply engaged with one of the books under consideration at this 25th Anniversary Luncheon of the Parliamentary Handbook Exchange

Fenton Jones luxuriating in his silver polyester Wuhan waistcoa

Some say life is like a box of chocolates. Other; a game of chess

There is a Bishop - former firm of disciple Fenton Jones, whilst he is working out his boonwork, to then be allowed to present in the south of the State on a more permanent basis

Then there are Queens.

And Kings

The odd Knight - perhaps one of our members attended the luncheon as knight upon horseback - Don Quixote springs to mind

not the elegant stairway up to the dining room at the Athenaeum Club

And at the end of the day, at the setting of the sun, a bright future was predicted in the runes and skies.

Thank you Paul for entertaining us in your club, thank you gentlemen for engaging in the most important business of distributing books no one would (otherwise?) read. 

NEXT WEEK: the new chief justice announced, ending the war in gaza, what is really happening in Georgia.