Martin Rowley wrote:
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(We actually had a senior director of the Met Office a few years back
who, without any embarrassment, wrote ... " if it ain't broke, break it
": in other words, keep poking the ants nest to see what mayhem you can
cause. It worked: we were all thoroughly confused within 12 months.)


It took as long as 12 months? At the end of his speech, at which we were
also encouraged to "poke our heads above the parapet", we were already
flooded with confusion and despondency.

Graham