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From sidhu@bnlux0.bnl.gov Tue May 9 18:30:04 1989
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Subject: A lesson in Government
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I heard the following many years ago from a friend who heard it in person at a
public lecture by the famous C. Northcote Parkinson at the Indian Institute of
Technology, Madras. Since this is second-hand (and from memory), it may not be
an exact quote but is close enough. The original delivery almost brought the
house down, as the cliche' goes.

Government's handling of a difficult matter by appointing a Commission
of Enquiry is just like a person going to the toilet -- there is a
sitting, a report, and then the matter is dropped!