The latest flap concerning the recent town-college proposal to build a new municipal building on the Osborne House site reminds us of the old British idiom, “storm in a teacup,” or the better known American version, “tempest in a teapot,” or, if you prefer the Yiddish saying, “a squall in a spoon of water.” Pick your fancy, it all boils down to taking a small event and blowing its significance out of proportion.