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“When budget allows” is a mystical, [[hypothetical]] time in the future that, like Little Orphan Annie’s ''Tomorrow'', is always there, dangling tantalisingly in the future, as each day turns, getting no nearer. It is the time when there ''will'' be budget, ''later'', to do an urgent task for which there is no budget ''now''. | “When budget allows” is a mystical, [[hypothetical]] time in the future that, like Little Orphan Annie’s ''Tomorrow'', is always there, dangling tantalisingly in the future, as each day turns, getting no nearer. It is the time when there ''will'' be budget, ''later'', to do an urgent task for which there is no budget ''now''. | ||
Logicians will immediately sense a [[paradox]]. Their suspicions will be confirmed the minute they see the glint in [[middle management]]’s eye, for when it starts gabbling reverently about | Logicians will immediately sense a [[paradox]]. Their suspicions will be confirmed the minute they see the glint in [[middle management]]’s eye, for when it starts gabbling reverently about sorting this all out ''just as soon as budget allows'' — a time they can talk about with confidence and free of regret, while maintaining eye contact with a petitioning [[SME]], assuring her that all will be well. | ||
For if there is not enough interest to shell out for it ''now'', how will it look by the time next month, next quarter, or next fiscal budgeting cycle rolls around? | For if there is not enough interest to shell out for it ''now'', how will it look by the time next month, next quarter, or next fiscal budgeting cycle rolls around? | ||