While I can completely understand the curiosity thing, I can almost guarantee you that tossing the problem to someone else is the right thing to do.
And I doubt it will cost you much politically if you put it in terms of, "This will take more time to fix than I have available to apply to fixing it." You maintain your "I could do it" status, but you also remind folks that you are a limited resource.
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Date: 2011-Feb-08, Tuesday 09:19 pm (UTC)And I doubt it will cost you much politically if you put it in terms of, "This will take more time to fix than I have available to apply to fixing it." You maintain your "I could do it" status, but you also remind folks that you are a limited resource.