On Mon, 09 May 2011 06:35:12 +0100, in rec.bicycles.tech Phil W Lee
suddenly shrieked:

So you were one of the stupid *******s that came up with that bull****
instead of something that might have actually made a difference, like
subsidised cycle training for schoolkids. So they have principles.
And you don't. There's a description used by law enforcement
agencies to describe people who deliberately lie for financial gain.
Who wants one? You go for grants for pro-cycling things instead
of anti-cycling things, not grants for anti-anti-cycling things. And you
admit that it's all your fault.

Goodness! I have certainly managed to hit *your* button this morning,
haven't I?

Grant writing is a bit like a scholarly study; if you want it to be
cited, then get something quotable in the first few pages... you know:
"Save the children; yada yada yada." Don't you want to save children,
Phil? Nobody's going to read it, anyway.

It's also like doing product endorsements; get some celebrity to plug
your product, big deal! You see it on TV all the time and the
celebrity probably thinks it tastes like crap, but he's getting paid
lots of money to say otherwise; law enforcement doesn't get involved.
Does that usually cause you to go ballistic?