dennis roberts wrote:
>
> this crossed my electronic desk ...
> ===================
> >How The Government Works
Or, from Dr. Seuss' "Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?" (a book
that should be required reading for anybody involved with bureaucracy of
any sort. In particular, the sections on "Herbie Hart" and "Mr. Bix"
remind me irresistably of a certain period in the history of Saint
Mary's Computer Services,now fortunately over):
" ...Out west, near Hawtch-Hawch
Is the Hawtch-Hawtcher Bee Watcher. His job's to watch
Just to keep both his eyes on the lazy town bee
A bee that is watched will work harder, you see
Well, he watched and he watched, but in spite of his watch
The bee didn't work any harder. Not mawch.
So then somebody said "Our old bee-watching man
Just isn't bee-watching as hard as he can.
He ought to be watched." So another Hawtch-Hawtcher
Was put on the job as a Bee-Watcher-Watcher.
So the Bee-Watcher-Watcher watched the Bee-Watcher
_He_ didn't watch well. So another Hawtch-Hawcher
Had to start in as a Watch-Watcher-Watcher
And today all the Hawtchers who live in Hawtch-Hawtch
Are watching on Watch-Watcher-Watchering Watch
Watch-watching the watcher who's watching that bee
You're not a Hawtch-Watcher. You're lucky, you see."
-Robert Dawson
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