tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post6681132965528596055..comments2024-03-18T15:08:44.116+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Gosh, Say It Ain't So!JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-88828962351868649802018-04-15T07:31:30.017+01:002018-04-15T07:31:30.017+01:00"I am encouraged that this type of message is...<i>"I am encouraged that this type of message is becoming much more commonplace. "</i><br /><br />Seems a bit VirtueSignally to me, but it's their <i>shauri</i>...<br /><br /><i>"Either astute analysis or remarkably prescient - either way, you can't argue with it."</i><br /><br />Indeed you cannot.<br /><br /><i>"If the RSPB carrion this wader they'll find themselves up before the beak.<br /><br />Yeah ok, I'll get my coot."</i><br /><br />/applause<br /><br />JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-14222985355565140272018-04-11T14:00:29.750+01:002018-04-11T14:00:29.750+01:00@DCBain - I have on sundry occasions, pointed out ...@DCBain - I have on sundry occasions, pointed out that the NHS is the perfect example of the Iron Law's reality.Ted Treenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03392121240286596231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-81884433416644501032018-04-11T00:35:29.809+01:002018-04-11T00:35:29.809+01:00Ted, I thought of your quote as I came to the comm...Ted, I thought of your quote as I came to the comments.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04672200681678804614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-32867727666081918922018-04-10T20:47:44.593+01:002018-04-10T20:47:44.593+01:00If the RSPB carrion this wader they'll find th...If the RSPB carrion this wader they'll find themselves up before the beak.<br /><br />Yeah ok, I'll get my coot.jack ketchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921268825653615322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-16635578151353532112018-04-10T14:36:30.298+01:002018-04-10T14:36:30.298+01:00RSPB = Royal Society for the Protection of Bureauc...RSPB = Royal Society for the Protection of Bureaucrats.Hector Drummond, Vile Novelisthttp://hectordrummond.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-52449194278989607092018-04-10T13:58:08.555+01:002018-04-10T13:58:08.555+01:00Ted was polite enough not to point at the NHS!Ted was polite enough not to point at the NHS!The Janniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079381718278953267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-87764080679536812472018-04-10T13:04:32.576+01:002018-04-10T13:04:32.576+01:00They're pretty well all the same: several time...They're pretty well all the same: several times over the last few years I have commented quoting the 'law' proposed by the late Jerry Pournelle:-<br /><br /><b>Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy</b><br />In any bureaucracy, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in control and those dedicated to the goals the bureaucracy is supposed to accomplish have less and less influence, and sometimes are eliminated entirely.<br /><br /><br />Either astute analysis or remarkably prescient - either way, you can't argue with it.<br />Ted Treenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03392121240286596231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-77236553895036680202018-04-10T12:51:39.867+01:002018-04-10T12:51:39.867+01:00I am encouraged that this type of message is becom...I am encouraged that this type of message is becoming much more commonplace. <br /><br />And that Meg & Harry have chosen 7 very small one's. <br /><br />https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/09/harry-meghan-ask-charity-donations-rather-wedding-gifts-name/Smoking Scotnoreply@blogger.com