Perhaps I should have added that the reason given that there should be no
ambiguity in anything being said would be explained something like:
The cat sat on the mat.
Define exactly what is meant by the words cat and the and then the
phrase the cat. Do the same for the mat. Then define exactly
Jean,
You're OK. I signed it too so I won't tell anyone if you don't .
Kind Regards
Liz Baker
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Many, many, many years ago I worked for a government department, snipped
If
Pythagorean theorem: ...24 words.
Lord's prayer:...66
words.
Archimedes' Principle: ... 67 words.
Ten Commandments:
Just sent an email on EU bureaucracy and forgot to sign it.
Agnes Boddington - very watery Elloughton UK
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Whilst not wishing to rain on anyone's parade, I'm afraid I have to show
you this link
http://www.snopes.com/language/document/cabbage.asp
Lesley
who really does appreciate the funnies posted here, especially on a grey
rainy day like today.
On 26/08/2011 10:38, Agnes Boddington wrote:
On 8/26/11 7:44 AM, Lesley Blackshaw wrote:
Whilst not wishing to rain on anyone's parade, I'm afraid I have to show
you this link
http://www.snopes.com/language/document/cabbage.asp
Which makes me want to count the words in each of the named
documents, then find a federal order that
Hello Lesley,
I know, but still makes a good story.
It is also said, that when the EU comes out with a regulation say 500 words
long, the French will go
na and trim it down to 100. Whereas the English will add another 2000 to
the directive.
Agnes Boddington - Eloughton UK
Where I just got
Many, many, many years ago I worked for a government department, supposedly
as a personal assistant to a high-up civil servant. My first task was to
type up the written sentence he had given me and pass it back to him. He
went into a meeting while I waited in my office. He came back after about
