RavenousBugblatterBeastOfTrall

A fictional creature in Douglas Adams "Hitch Hiker's Guide" universe, and one reason that pan-galactic hitch hiker's carry towels. The Bugblatter Beast is: "A mindbogglingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you - daft as a brush, but very ravenous." So, if you happen to be on Trall, you wrap a towel over your eyes and the Bugblatter Beast won't eat you.

Most project challenges aren't as accommodating as the Bugblatter Beast. If you can't see them, they'll eat you anyway. So perhaps project people who avoid creating an InformationRadiator are actually pan-galactic hitch hikers who think they are on Trall. That would explain a lot . . .

--- JimBullock (No, really, I am from around here. I've never been to Trall. Honest.) 2003.04.10

Updated: Thursday, April 10, 2003