I am confident that Mr. LeDrew would have no objection if I were to follow his lead, with apologies to Charles Dickens, in The Pickwick Papers, 1837, by saying, and I quote: " This legislation is also as dumb as a drum with a hole in it" .
Je suis convaincu que M. LeDrew n'aurait rien à redire si je suivais son exemple, tout en m'en excusant auprès de Charles Dickens qui, en 1837, dans Les aventures de Mr Pickwick, disait: «Cette mesure législative est aussi idiote qu'un tambour dont la membrane est percée».