| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2726 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is pleased to |
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| 6 | 6 | | honor Fiona Prendergast for her outstanding work as an intern in the |
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| 7 | 7 | | office of State Representative Debbie Riddle; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Transplanted to the Lone Star State from the United |
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| 9 | 9 | | Kingdom, Fiona Prendergast has long enjoyed, or endured, depending |
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| 10 | 10 | | on your point of view, the curiosity of strangers who hear her |
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| 11 | 11 | | accent and immediately ask her where she's from, to which she always |
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| 12 | 12 | | replies, "The Woodlands"; nevertheless, she remains adamant about |
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| 13 | 13 | | the proper use of a British accent, and never misses an opportunity |
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| 14 | 14 | | to malign Dick Van Dyke for his bad Cockney accent in Mary Poppins; |
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| 15 | 15 | | and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Prendergast apparently has no problem with Julie |
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| 17 | 17 | | Andrews, however, since The Sound of Music is her favorite movie, |
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| 18 | 18 | | and she has proposed to reenact a musical number from the film on |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sine Die; her own accent is charmingly on display whenever she |
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| 20 | 20 | | starts to hold forth on the subject of tomatoes and the moral |
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| 21 | 21 | | turpitude of people who pick the fruit off of their food yet |
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| 22 | 22 | | gleefully ingest it in the form of ketchup or salsa; no one else in |
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| 23 | 23 | | the office knows what she's talking about, of course, because she |
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| 24 | 24 | | says "to-mah-to," and they say "to-may-to"; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, Despite a solitary schedule that has led other |
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| 26 | 26 | | interns to suggest that the British intern who can't keep shoes on |
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| 27 | 27 | | her feet, loves food from McDonald's, and laughs til she cries might |
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| 28 | 28 | | not actually exist, Fiona Prendergast has nevertheless mesmerized |
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| 29 | 29 | | all those who have had the pleasure of meeting her with her keen |
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| 30 | 30 | | intelligence and razor-sharp wit, and it is most fitting to |
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| 31 | 31 | | recognize her for a job well done; now, therefore, be it |
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| 32 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 33 | 33 | | Legislature hereby commend Fiona Prendergast for her service as an |
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| 34 | 34 | | intern in the office of State Representative Debbie Riddle and |
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| 35 | 35 | | extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 36 | 36 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 37 | 37 | | prepared for Ms. Prendergast as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 38 | 38 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 39 | 39 | | Riddle |
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| 40 | 40 | | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | 41 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 42 | 42 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2726 was adopted by the House on May |
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| 43 | 43 | | 27, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 44 | 44 | | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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