Comments on: Hearings, Hearings and More Hearings http://www.lobbyplanet.eu/hearings/ LobbyPlanet - Portal on European lobbying and Brussels politics Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:35:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Martin http://www.lobbyplanet.eu/hearings/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Martin Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:53:40 +0000 http://www.lobbyplanet.eu/?p=914#comment-61 Ah, that's why. Yes, Fawlty Towers is classic, I love it, too! :D Ah, that’s why. Yes, Fawlty Towers is classic, I love it, too! :D

]]> By: lino http://www.lobbyplanet.eu/hearings/comment-page-1/#comment-60 lino Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:28:56 +0000 http://www.lobbyplanet.eu/?p=914#comment-60 You must be the first one that noticed there was something behind the title and yes, it's deliberatly multi-dimensional, what else would you expect from a lobbyist/rhino ;) First degree is probably simply DO IT. Do the job, don't just give promises that make a hearing smoother. The don't mention it part comes from (1) the fact that I am a big fan of Fawlty Towers (2) the fact that many multi-cultural environments have some of these stupid prejudices about what you should say or not (3) the ongoing enquiries at the time I picked the title re Irak (4) the bizarre approach taken by some hearing to just not mention what could be controversial to them which made me think someone must have given them the advice "Whatever you do don't mention it" ( a bit like the advice if you cheat your partner: deny, deny, deny). You must be the first one that noticed there was something behind the title and yes, it’s deliberatly multi-dimensional, what else would you expect from a lobbyist/rhino ;) First degree is probably simply DO IT. Do the job, don’t just give promises that make a hearing smoother. The don’t mention it part comes from (1) the fact that I am a big fan of Fawlty Towers (2) the fact that many multi-cultural environments have some of these stupid prejudices about what you should say or not (3) the ongoing enquiries at the time I picked the title re Irak (4) the bizarre approach taken by some hearing to just not mention what could be controversial to them which made me think someone must have given them the advice “Whatever you do don’t mention it” ( a bit like the advice if you cheat your partner: deny, deny, deny).

]]> By: Martin http://www.lobbyplanet.eu/hearings/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Martin Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:28:11 +0000 http://www.lobbyplanet.eu/?p=914#comment-59 Am I right to understand that you're implying something by using capital letters for the words DO & IT in your title? Frist, I was thinking that you might want to urge MEPs to make more use of information technology, or that you simply wanted commission candidates to be more active. But I guess it's most likey a reference to the wheelings and dealings of some designate commissioners. Whatever you do, don't mention it. Am I right to understand that you’re implying something by using capital letters for the words DO & IT in your title?

Frist, I was thinking that you might want to urge MEPs to make more use of information technology, or that you simply wanted commission candidates to be more active.

But I guess it’s most likey a reference to the wheelings and dealings of some designate commissioners. Whatever you do, don’t mention it.

]]> By: In EU years, how long do these commissioner #hearings last? | europaeum http://www.lobbyplanet.eu/hearings/comment-page-1/#comment-57 In EU years, how long do these commissioner #hearings last? | europaeum Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:17:52 +0000 http://www.lobbyplanet.eu/?p=914#comment-57 [...] her charming mockery quiz show “Whatever you do, don’t mention it” in which she processes this first and intense week of designated commissioners being interrogated by the European [...] [...] her charming mockery quiz show “Whatever you do, don’t mention it” in which she processes this first and intense week of designated commissioners being interrogated by the European [...]

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