Evoked some obscure regulation, said he was going home to get married.

On that occasion however the Admiralty used an obscure regulation to seize the bulk of the prize and the captains only received around £15,000 each.

Each regulation, however obscure, has its purpose and its champion.

These included the 'Jobsworth,' exposing companies and authorities who had implemented obscure regulations and policies causing more grievances than they aimed to correct.

Mr. Bersano began telephoning friends at state agencies and discovered the obscure regulation that allowed benefit transfers, at the discretion of each department head.

And to an audience stilled with awe, he distributed certified photostatic copies of the obscure regulation on which he had built his unforgettable triumph.

Was my 1989 station wagon in violation of some obscure regulation?

But when regulators turn their attention to the scandal, they should resist the temptation to churn out volumes of detailed and obscure regulations.

Funny thing is, I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't some obscure regulation that said minimum password length was nice and long... because that makes it secure, right?

But let us not make a mess of it within the European Union by having all sorts of obscure regulations and by blowing taxpayers' money in the process.