phonebox (containing phone) and clocktower (containing big ben) with a routemaster, well there's some typical run-of-the-mill londres for you. known as the "mother of parliaments". Some smartarse on the tour bus once questioned me on this (mid-flow), asking, "mother of parliaments? what about the icelandic althing?" "That's the father of parliaments," i replied in a flash. "But we always know who our mother is."