Of all the businesses, by far, Consultancy's the most bizarre.
For, to the penetrating eye,
There is no apparent reason why,
With no more asset than pen,
This group of personable men,
Can sell to aclient more than twice,
The same ridiculous advice,
Or find in such a rich profusion,
Problems to fit their own solution.
Bertie Ramsbottom, in The Financial Times, April 11, 1981