My husband can run but he can't sit

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I love playing with words and coming across interesting phrases, etc. But several backstories first: One of Vince's grandparents was alive when he was born. She was Irish. He remembers her only as a tiny figure in a bed in a darkened room. When the family visited they had to go into the room and give the smelly old lady a kiss. And she would invariably say: 'Which one are you?' Incidentally at our wedding one of the old, slightly inebriated uncles that we rarely saw asked Vince the same question. Anyway because of the Irish grandmother being alive when Vince was born, he was eligible to apply for Irish citizenship. So when we went to Ireland for an extended visit in 2015 it was useful when it came to buying a vehicle for Vince to have citizenship which he now has. On a slightly different subject and for those not too familiar with the English language, people who want to be a member of the government which rules our country have to 'run' for a position. If they are voted in, they are said to have a 'seat' and they 'sit' in the parliament and help make the rules and regulations which cause us so much angst and annoy the hell out of us. He has just found out that if he now wanted to be a candidate for election to parliament, which he has no intention of doing, he couldn't do it with dual citizenship. So he could 'run' but he couldn't 'sit' – which struck us as very funny. Photo is of another old car that appeared in the parade at an apple festival near here.