As Brother Mouse Matt has discovered one of the problems of being on 24 hour emergency call is that it’s very difficult to ‘let your hair down’ because should that time occur when you feel like having “just one more” then you’re likely to get a call shortly after telling you the whole system has gone down and you’re needed at the office - pronto! Mind you on the flip side, as I’ve found out on several occassions, those times when you know for definite that you’re not likely to get called out then the phrase ‘letting your hair down’ barely describes or justifies the experience!

Mind you since having children I equate this to being much like a constant 24 hour emergency callout and letting your hair down becomes more like pulling your hair out - no - actually I’m only kidding about the last bit - having kids is the best thing ever - especially as I get to play with all those cool toys you have to pretend not to notice when you get older.