Apparently Heard At A Public Lecture By The Famous C.

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Apparently heard at a public lecture by the famous C. Northcote Parkinson at
the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras:

Government's handling of a difficult matter by appointing a
Commission of Enquiry is just like a person going to the toilet --
there is a sitting, a report, and then the matter is dropped.

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