I love this news item from the BBC website:
Councillors in Orkney are demanding an investigation after being left with thousands of extra wheelie bins worth more than £180,000 for a new waste disposal scheme.
The bins have been issued to more than 9,000 households over the past two years.
Orkney Islands Council has been left with 9,500 spares, worth £188,000.
The authority is looking at possible uses for the bins but admitted it was not an ideal situation.
A spokesman said that "in hindsight some of the planning assumptions that had underpinned the project had resulted in some unforeseen outcomes".
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Why didn't the spokesman say "Sorry, we made a mistake".
Imagine a child who spilt the Ribena on the carpet saying, " in hindsight some of the planning assumptions that had underpinned the project resulted in some unforeseen outcomes",
Or
a speeding motorist saying to the police, "in hindsight some of the planning assumptions that had underpinned the project resulted in some unforeseen outcomes."
However the Orkney Council is considering alternative uses for the 9,500 wheelie bins. Suggestions please?
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