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Old Oct 22, 2007 | 12:19 pm
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Originally Posted by CessnaJock
One would like to hope so - but you don't get and keep a job in government with outside-the-box thinking.
So you say. But it's not always the case.

.... and there are those who make a living getting the government to pay up for even overpriced hare-brained projects -- definitely "outside-the-box" -- something the DoD has a history of paying for as well.

Even comic book-worthy "risks" can get the government to jump -- water-filled bottles included.
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