measure twice, cut once

It's refreshing to learn that other governments make stupid mistakes, not just our own.

Sure enough, the French railroad system [SCNF] has admitted that its newest model cars are too wide to fit in 1300 of its 8700 railway platforms, which will have to be widened before the cars can be used.

"We discovered the problem a bit late," the SCNF spokesman said. Yup.