On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:28:41 +0100, "dB" wrote:

I always thought consultants were paid obscene amounts of money to waste
employees time asking them how to solve a problem, ignore their wisdom,
write a report based on the solution they had decided on beforehand and
depart before the whatsit hit the thingy!

MaxB

Yes, that sounds familiar. It's no coincidence that consultancy begins with
con ;-)

Consult: A cross between "con" and "insult".

(With thanks to Scott Adams).