Multitasking - but only OUR tasks.

Apparently, in the New Zealand parliament, it is fine for the MPs to read or talk among themselves while debate is occurring.

But it's not OK to knit.

Despite the fact that a skilled knitter can quite easily knit and think and listen, whereas talking and reading require a great deal more concentration.

http://onenews.nzoom.com/onenews_detail/0,1227,150486-1-8,00.html

Or maybe it's a Madame DeFarge thing.