Hilary, A nit: it was C. Northcote Parkinson. Cheers, Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hilary Blue" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 11:05 PM Subject: nonpd: parkinson's law > if i remember correctly, Parkinson's law was named after someone called Norman > Prkinson, and goes something like this: > > Work expands to fill the time available > > Hilary Blue(50/33/24) > > > > > > > > > Michael Kamensky wrote: > > > > I did find one boo-boo though; there's a link for a book at Amazon.com > > called "Parkinson's Law". I took the link, only to discover that it was a > > book on business strategies and tactics written by a guy named Parkinson! >