Aim low boys, they're riding a charter plane! Or: Tales of the new west

A prominent example of quorum-busting occurred in 2003, when the Texas House of Representatives was going to vote on a redistricting bill that would have favored the Republicans in the state. The House Democrats, certain of defeat if a quorum was present, chose not to be present in the House that day, but instead took a plane to Oklahoma, preventing the bill from passing due to a lack of a quorum. Legislative bodies often have rules to discourage quorum-busting. In many U.S. legislative bodies, such as the United States Senate and House of Representatives, if there is no quorum present a call of the house could be ordered, which would cause absent members to be arrested and brought to the floor of the body. This was the reason that the Texas Democrats fled to Oklahoma, which is outside of the jurisdiction of Texas law.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorum

Whimsy is an essential part of democracy. Not that this is a democracy, but when we have our way, there will still be such silly behaviors if only because of Louis XIV and what he taught us.