And Chris sez, with his typical literal-mindedness, "But uhhh, we're not in California!"

And I sez, with my supreme powers of deep metaphor, "Where the hooded merganser flieth not, so mayeth the leaf waft."

And Chris sez, "Huh?"

And I sez, sighing, "We'll Canadianize it! We'll randomly select (at poutine stands, of course) 2000 people for our Random House. That'll be representative to within about 2%, 19 times out of 20."

And Chris sez, because in addition to being literal-minded he is an Enemy of the People, "But the people are fat and stupid! They will surely immediately vote for something ridiculous like single-payer health care and they will start dying in the street less!"

And I sez, "OK, fine! Be that way! We'll have to have a elected (naturally, through PR) Other House!" We sigh as we realize that we still have to argue about voting systems. Anyway...

I sez, "The Other House should make legislation and the Random House should examine and/or veto it. The Other House would be filled with experienced legislators, after all."

But Chris sez, "If the Random House is the house of sober second thought (with the randomly selected drunks at the poutine stands, of course!), then the Other House would be tempted to railroad legislation through it by passing urgent legislation at the last minute and pressuring the poor, delicate Random House members. The Random House members are representative of the fat and stupid Canadian population!"

And I sez, "Whee! Campaign all the time!"

So which should it be? Find out on the next episode of Chris and Mandos' excellent adventure, scheduled some unspecified time in the future. Cliffhanger!