Approach controller BNE today at about lunchtime (2 JUl 12): Big ups, guy. It is hard to be mad at someone you agree with, what with gin clear wx,a gentle southerly and a hold out over the ocean.
It may have got you a bit of trouble with your supervisors, but the quiet reference to " stupid restrictions" (or words to that effect) really made a difference to the mood on our flight deck (plenty of gas and a warning for 20 min hold, but a lot of bitching before that comment to another aircraft). Good assist with the non-standard hold, BTW.