From my “Murphy’s Law” desk calendar archives thanks to Aunt Evelyn, Uncle Pipey, and cousin Nancy:
Golub’s First Law of Computerdom: Fuzzy project objectives are used to avoid the embarrassment of estimating the corresponding costs.
Goofy guy’s comment on Golub’s First Law of Computerdom: This is, i think, the basis for all military contracting, or as one business development manager once asked, “Are you still selling air?”