SGee wrote in uk.d-i-y, sci.engr.lighting, alt.photography:

A curious choice of newsgroups.

I am looking for a better phrase than "making sausages".

Let me explain ...

I remember hearing that you should never ask about how laws and sausages
are made because the process is very messy even if the end-product seems
alright. (No comment!)

"People who enjoy eating sausage and who obey the law should not watch
either being made" - Otto von Bismarck

"We fear the wurst" - Three little pigs.

So I use the phrase "making sausages" to refer to something which seems
nice enoug but which has a production method that would might upset the
layman if were to know about it.

So I am asking for a more formal phrase for "making sausages".

I suspect you're after a euphemism - such as saying "we took him out"
rather than "we murdered him".

How about "corporate planning".

John
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John White,
Electrical Contractor