Spot the similarity...
From Hansard:
Mr. Steen: May I first compliment the Solicitor-General on her new pixie look?
The Solicitor-General: First, let me respond to the hon. Gentleman’s effusive personal compliment to me, which I take in very good heart. I am more frequently likened to a goblin than a pixie, but I am doing my best.
And who is the SG? It is Vera Baird, who looks like this:
And for those not up to snuff on mythical humanoids, the first relevant google image hits for a pixie and for a goblin:
Far be it for me to be gallant, but I think pixie is a closer match.
Mr. Steen: May I first compliment the Solicitor-General on her new pixie look?
The Solicitor-General: First, let me respond to the hon. Gentleman’s effusive personal compliment to me, which I take in very good heart. I am more frequently likened to a goblin than a pixie, but I am doing my best.
And who is the SG? It is Vera Baird, who looks like this:
And for those not up to snuff on mythical humanoids, the first relevant google image hits for a pixie and for a goblin:
Far be it for me to be gallant, but I think pixie is a closer match.
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do hope for his sake that the good Mr Steen is not a .. um.. fairy...I
Ho ho. It would appear not, and Steen is, by all accounts, un preux chevalier and an adornment to public life.
Mr Steen appears to be a bit of a git. It was a condescending remark designed to remind Ms Whatsit that she is a member of "the fairer sex" and a weaker vessel.
I thought her response was pretty robust and turned his ridiculous comment on its head.
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