TRAVELLING ABROAD
Ulcers don’t occur without a reason.
To travel abroad, thus, it seems, you need to have a reason.
Of late, scientific missions have lost some of their influence.
You front up, for example, to an institution which has the right to send you on a mission abroad, and you say:
“You know, it’s about time I upgraded my knowledge. The way my research is going, I’m lost without experience abroad. Send me on a mission abroad, and strike me dead if I don’t complete the construction of socialism in two weeks. One, two – and there’s your socialism for you!”
And, of course, you show them a certificate from the institute you work at, where it says that you really do need to go abroad. Just as you need overtime, water and air to survive.
Then the institution replies:
“Yeah… We ca
