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-{{a|work|}}All right my little chicklings. This is a heartfelt plea to you: I’ve been in this game for thirty years now and I am obliged, by regulation, to sit through your seminars<ref>All right this isn’t strictly true anymore, but it sort of is.</ref> In fact, I’m sitting though one now. It’s about — and I swear I had to check this by looking at the title on the outlook invite, because I’ve absorbed utterly none of it — “Brexit and beyond”.
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+All right, my little chicklings. This is a heartfelt plea to you on behalf of those of us who’ve been in this game for years and are obliged, by regulation,<ref>All right this isn’t strictly true anymore, but it sort of is.</ref> to sit through [[continuing professional development]] seminars, to make them at least tolerable and, if you can entertaining.
-Now I am telling you this not primarily for ''your'' own good, but ''mine''. I crave enlightenment, or failing that entertainment, or failing that distraction, and preferably all three — I yearn to walk away from having spent an hour of my time with something for my trouble: some kind of enrichment to my lived experience: some way better equipped, better informed, better able to carry out my meagre obligations.
+As a matter of fact I’m sitting though one now, as I write this. It’s about — and I swear I had to check this by looking at the title on the outlook invite, because in forty minutes I’ve absorbed nothing — “Brexit and beyond”.
-But what is good for me is good for you: I must have a mandatory transmission of information — the law society says so — but this is your chance to sell yourself to me. Transport me away from my tedious mortal shell to a wonderful alternative universe where I am enlightened, bettered and, mostly, ''entertained''.
+Now I am telling you this not primarily for ''your'' own good, but ''mine''. I crave enlightenment, or failing that entertainment, or failing that distraction, and preferably all three — having spent an hour of my time on an exercise, I yearn to depart with ''something'' for my trouble: some kind of enrichment to my lived experience, to borrow a voguish expression. I wish to be in some way better equipped, better informed, armed with better anecdotes, even if it won’t realistically move the needle much on my professional acumen. Well, let’s face it, it won’t will it?
+But what is good for me is good for you: if I must be spoken at for seventeen hours a year — and I must: the Law Society says so — this the chance for those who will do the speaking to sell themselves to me. So, ''please'': transport me away from my [[tedious]] mortal shell. Telescope me into a wondrous new world where I am piqued, thrilled, bettered and, mostly, ''entertained''.
 Brexit and beyond: there is so much scope for levity here. Buzz Lightyear! Put Dominic Cummings in a Buzz Lightyear outfit! Something! Anything!