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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is pleased to |
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honor Fiona Prendergast for her outstanding work as an intern in the |
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office of State Representative Debbie Riddle; and |
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WHEREAS, Transplanted to the Lone Star State from the United |
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Kingdom, Fiona Prendergast has long enjoyed, or endured, depending |
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on your point of view, the curiosity of strangers who hear her |
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accent and immediately ask her where she's from, to which she always |
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replies, "The Woodlands"; nevertheless, she remains adamant about |
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the proper use of a British accent, and never misses an opportunity |
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to malign Dick Van Dyke for his bad Cockney accent in Mary Poppins; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Prendergast apparently has no problem with Julie |
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Andrews, however, since The Sound of Music is her favorite movie, |
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and she has proposed to reenact a musical number from the film on |
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Sine Die; her own accent is charmingly on display whenever she |
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starts to hold forth on the subject of tomatoes and the moral |
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turpitude of people who pick the fruit off of their food yet |
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gleefully ingest it in the form of ketchup or salsa; no one else in |
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the office knows what she's talking about, of course, because she |
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says "to-mah-to," and they say "to-may-to"; and |
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WHEREAS, Despite a solitary schedule that has led other |
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interns to suggest that the British intern who can't keep shoes on |
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her feet, loves food from McDonald's, and laughs til she cries might |
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not actually exist, Fiona Prendergast has nevertheless mesmerized |
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all those who have had the pleasure of meeting her with her keen |
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intelligence and razor-sharp wit, and it is most fitting to |
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recognize her for a job well done; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Fiona Prendergast for her service as an |
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intern in the office of State Representative Debbie Riddle and |
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extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Prendergast as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |