I had a teacher who delighted in reminding us that a camel was a horse that had been designed by a committee. He would do this so often that it became a little tiring, even for 10-year-olds.
I am reminded of him every time I see a collection of legal updates and newsletters – it is like coming across a herd of shaggy camels where you had hoped to find sleek, efficient horses. And that is really the point of the horse-by-committee aphorism – a camel in the desert is a marvellously appropriate thing, but it is going to be hopeless in the 2.30 at Aintree.
