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Fun? At work? What the hell's that? Is it allowed? We're only barely allowed to be ill at our place, let alone enjoying ourselves; we even get told off (to the extent of possibly inviting verbal warnings) if we take too much time off to look after family (e.g. one bloke whose pregnant wife was in danger of miscarriage for a while). Take 5% of time off (roughly 1 day per month) and it's a problem...to them, anyway.

Frak me, one bloke was taken to task for being off sick for 8 weeks, and indeed he was, but to put this in context and give you some idea of what a 19th Century employer ours is, the bloke in question had a broken leg.

'nuff said. I can't advise on letting your hair down; 99.9% of the time we're too busy tearing what's left of it out.