People were killed because someone neglected to sharpen their pencil. That's "scribbles on a piece of paper" for you.
I suppose it would be in bad taste to find that rather amusing. Or at least to admit it.
"The 350-mile detour in the Trans-Siberian Railway was caused by the Tsar, who drew the proposed route using a ruler with a notch in it." -- Not 1982
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