I am a civil servant and work in the public service. I know first hand about the bureaucratic issues in the Canadian government. With all the rules and approvals needed certain tasks seem to take forever. This morning I overheard the perfect explanation of why it takes so long for anything to get done around here. "We have the breaks of a Rolls Royce in the engine of a lawn mower." My co-worker later told me the quote was from John Cleese, in reference to the British public service.
Sorry hun, that isn't one of the words that is spelled differently by the British - it's "brakes".
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