Abandon hope ...

Not much time for work today. I had to go and have my blood pressure taken as part of an ongoing monitoring exercise. I never enjoy going to the doctor's surgery (who does?), so I was in a sombre mood, sitting in the waiting room trying desperately to will my blood pressure down.

Casting around for something to read other than the notices about breastfeeding and pictures of bums with the caption "Your doctor has seen it all before," I noticed for the first time, a sign on the wall which read simply:

NO ESCAPE

Somehow, that didn't make me feel any more cheerful.