“Height of Stupidity”
Fox News
The council in the east London town of Romford has spent almost $19,000 preparing a 300-page report aimed at finding out who was making sheep noises — who kept calling out "baaa" — during a planning meeting a year ago.
The Telegraph Online reports it happened during a discussion of whether a mobile home could be placed on a farm housing rare breeds of horses and sheep. The "baa"-ing upset one councilman so much he started an investigation — which is said to have narrowed down the list of suspects to four — including one man who is no longer on the council so couldn't be punished anyway.
Those under scrutiny will be interrogated by a subcommittee next month. One suspect calls the investigation "the height of stupidity" and says it is "an extremely expensive example of the worst kind of council bureaucracy."
The council in the east London town of Romford has spent almost $19,000 preparing a 300-page report aimed at finding out who was making sheep noises — who kept calling out "baaa" — during a planning meeting a year ago.
The Telegraph Online reports it happened during a discussion of whether a mobile home could be placed on a farm housing rare breeds of horses and sheep. The "baa"-ing upset one councilman so much he started an investigation — which is said to have narrowed down the list of suspects to four — including one man who is no longer on the council so couldn't be punished anyway.
Those under scrutiny will be interrogated by a subcommittee next month. One suspect calls the investigation "the height of stupidity" and says it is "an extremely expensive example of the worst kind of council bureaucracy."
posted by Andy W. Rogers | 7:40 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home