Prime Minister Boris Johnson paid tribute to Ken Clarke in typically idiosyncratic style in the Commons, on the Rushcliffe MP's penultimate day in the house.
Mr Clarke is stepping down as a Member of Parliament after 49 years.
Today, Tuesday, November 5, is his last day in the Commons ahead of the Dissolution of Parliament on Wednesday.
And on Monday he was praised by the PM, after Mr Clarke - known as the 'Father of the House' for being the longest-serving MP - had finished chairing the Speaker's Elections in the house.
Addressing new Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, he said: "Mr Speaker-Elect, I know that you will want to join me in thanking, first of all, the Father of the House for the way that he has conducted today’s proceedings.
"Where is he? There he is! I pay renewed tributes to my Right Hon. and Learned Friend who outranks just about every Member not just in length of service, but in distinction.
"He has held six Cabinet posts, including two great offices of state.
"His Hush Puppies have been found propped up on the desk of ministerial offices in four separate decades.
"His continuing physical and intellectual robustness are a tribute to the benefits of a lifetime’s diet of beer, curry and Castella cigars, all of which I hope he will continue to enjoy in a long and happy retirement at Trent Bridge, or touring the famous jazz clubs in West Bridgford."
Er....jazz clubs in West Bridgford?
The old Manor House pub (now M&S) may have had some jazz nights in the past, but has there actually been a jazz club since, ooh, 1964?
Answers on a postcard to Mr B Johnson, 10 Downing Street.
