[Ads-l] designed by clowns

[Jonathan Lighter]

2020
https://fortune.com/2020/01/10/designed-clowns-supervised-monkeys-internal-boeing-messages-slam-737-max/
:
“This airplane is designed by clowns, who in turn are supervised by
monkeys,” said one company pilot in messages to a colleague in 2016, which
Boeing disclosed publicly late Thursday.

1987  W, J. Megaw _How Safe?_ (Toronto: Stoddart) 207: When you read the
descriptions of accidents given in Chapter Eight you might be forgiven for
thinking that nuclear reactors are devices designed by clowns and operated
by morons.

JL

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