House Speaker David Wilkins expected the Senate to have an interesting day Tuesday.

The Greenville Republican, giving his fellow GOP House members their marching orders for opening day, said he expected the House to be in session for about an hour — “and then we’ll go watch the Senate implode.”

Once he noticed that a number of reporters were furiously scribbling his words, Wilkins cleared his throat and smiled.

“What I meant to say,” Wilkins said to much laughter, was the House would watch the Senate “deliberately and carefully considering changing its rules.”

— Aaron Gould Sheinin