Tin of 'paint'

[Flying10uk]

The trouble is these days that unless you constantly cover your back when you give advice or make suggestions, people who make mistakes caused by their own stupidity are likely to look for someone else to blame, especially if there is financial benefit in it for them.


Some years ago one of the classic car clubs ran a series of articles describing in detail how to rebuild the engine in your classic car but the author of the article didn't consider it necessary to actually state "when you have finished rebuilding your engine and reinstalled it in your car remember to refill it with engine oil". Off course some idiot rebuilt his engine, as described, but forgot to put any oil in the engine before running it and wrecked his engine. He then had the cheek to claim that it was the author and the clubs fault that his new engine was damaged because the article didn't actually state "put oil in your engine". He then went on to try to claim compensation from the club and possibly the author but I don't know if he had any success.

* I forget which classic car club this story relates to but it was some years ago now.

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