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To: Neocon who wrote (3118)	5/18/2001 12:37:15 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

I recall many years ago a DoD spec for a blueberry muffin. It was one of those specs that were cited as a silly regulation. It was a short one, two pages. You might be surprised that someone could manage to put together two pages of specs on a blueberry muffin. It covered all sorts of stuff, size and weight, percentage of blueberries, acceptable levels of rat feces and insect parts, the whole deal. I read a follow on story where they tracked down the dude that wrote the spec. His response. Prior to the spec, when the Army ordered blueberry muffins they got muffins smaller than you would have ever imagined; what you thought was blueberries was large amounts of rat feces. It turned out that the Army had no recourse with the vendor, because there was no spec and the vendor called it a blueberry muffin. Once again, I would agree with you. There should be some regulation and there should be a case for it. jttmab