"The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind."
Useful Definitions
June 2006
Contractor - A gambler who never gets to shuffle, cut or deal.
Competitive Tender - A poker game in which the losing hand wins.
Successful Tender - A wild guess carried out to two decimal places.
Successful Tenderer - A contractor who is wondering what he left out.
Architects Budget - The cost of construction in heaven.
Programme - A technique for losing your shirt under perfect control.
Completion Date - The point at which liquidated damages begin.
Liquidated Damages - A penalty for failing to achieve the impossible.
Quantity Surveyor - Person who goes in after the war is lost and bayonets the wounded.
Lawyer - Person who goes in after the Quantity Surveyor to strip the corpses.