Small World, Big Problem!

aka Small Brain even bigger problem.

When you give a paper at a European Academic conference it is generally as a "rapporteur" ie your paper answers a set of questions common to all the delegates rather than being on a topic of your own chosing.

My specialist area of law is weird in that there are no academics in the UK, no university department teaches it, and us poxy provincial practitioners basically learn it from our peers. To try to address the problem a bit we formed an association some years ago, and joined up with the European association to try and learn a bit more. In continental europe in contrast there are loads of university departments studying this area of law.

So every two years we trot along to the European conference and join in as best we can. And I'm giving a paper. *Long pregnant pause* - sweet forgiving Jesus what the Fuck have I got myself into!!!

For example ;
Q6. Which is in your opinion, the relationship between the new CAP rules and the WTO agreement on agriculture in general?

Not only do I not have an opinion on this point I don't understand it either !!! - and I only have until the 20 April, and then in September I'm going to get to Italy and make a complete prat of myself in front of the combined large legal brains of Europe!

Frobes have you got any of that weed left??????