{"id":4111,"date":"2009-09-07T14:16:01","date_gmt":"2009-09-07T08:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3490"},"modified":"2009-09-07T14:16:01","modified_gmt":"2009-09-07T08:46:01","slug":"report-pe-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/report-pe-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Report Pe Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Guardian<\/i> tells us<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The state of Texas requires a report on all the reports produced by its own agencies – all 1,600 of them – not forgetting the one by the chief inspector of tomatoes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It’s quite a magnificent report, and I particularly love the last line:<\/p>\n

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The Required Reports Prepared by State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education is not itself listed in the Required Reports Prepared by State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Bureaucracy at its most revealing. I can just imagine the conversation between the head boffin and his minion boffin.<\/p>\n

Head Boffin<\/b>: Minion, have you prepared your report on why our bureaucracy is such a lumbering, ancient beast?<\/p>\n

Minion Boffin<\/b>: Yes, Mr Head. It seems that we waste too many resources into producing unnecessary reports.<\/p>\n

Head Boffin<\/b>: Hmm. There is only way to sort this out. Do a report on the reports. <\/p>\n

Minion Boffin<\/b>: Yes, sir. And if that doesn’t solve the problem?<\/p>\n

Head Boffin<\/b>: Well, then we’ll just have to do a report on that<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Such it goes.<\/p>\n

(Link via email from Udhay<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Guardian<\/i> tells us<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

The state of Texas requires a report on all the reports produced by its own agencies – all 1,600 of them – not forgetting the one by the chief inspector of tomatoes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It’s quite a magnificent report, and I particularly love the last line:<\/p>\n

\n

The Required Reports Prepared by State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education is not itself listed in the Required Reports Prepared by State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Bureaucracy at its most revealing. I can just imagine the conversation between the head boffin and his minion boffin.<\/p>\n

Head Boffin<\/b>: Minion, have you prepared your report on why our bureaucracy is such a lumbering, ancient beast?<\/p>\n

Minion Boffin<\/b>: Yes, Mr Head. It seems that we waste too many resources into producing unnecessary reports.<\/p>\n

Head Boffin<\/b>: Hmm. There is only way to sort this out. Do a report on the reports. <\/p>\n

Minion Boffin<\/b>: Yes, sir. And if that doesn’t solve the problem?<\/p>\n

Head Boffin<\/b>: Well, then we’ll just have to do a report on that<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Such it goes.<\/p>\n

(Link via email from Udhay<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nReport Pe Report - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/report-pe-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Report Pe Report - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Guardian tells us: The state of Texas requires a report on all the reports produced by its own agencies – all 1,600 of them – not forgetting the one by the chief inspector of tomatoes. 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