Now there’s an idea!

Morale at HM Revenue and Customs is low that their employees want punchbags, squeeze balls and aromatherapy!

The discussion site that revealed this, aptly named Disgruntled Lemmings has now been taken offline - but is available from Google’s Cache as the Conservative Party found one!

On the subject of stress balls, punchbags and other stress relief:

“A cheap idea, these could be placed on every desk within easy reach for people to squeeze away the tension after dealing with an awkward caller or a difficult piece of post.”

“A punchbag could be kept in a staff room/chillout area for those on breaks to take out their frustrations on.”

“<HMRC> could consider offering discounts for stress-relieving therapies such as Indian head massage, aromatherapy and reflexology”.

One other visitor pointed out a great fitness regime for staff:

“I like the idea of ExCom [executive committee]-modelled punchbags… Imagine how much fitter we’d all be!”

A US Judge has been suspended for jailing an entire courtroom - superb!

Robert Restaino was presiding over a domestic violence case in March 2005, when a mobile phone rang - nobody admitted responsibility, so he jailed the lot of them! Now if only someone would do that with ASBO’s!

“Every single person is going to jail in this courtroom unless I get that instrument now,” he told the courtroom’s audience, according to the commission.

“If anybody believes I’m kidding, ask some of the folks that have been here for a while. You are all going.”

When security failed to find the phone a brief recess was taken, as nobody came forward the judge ordered that the entire courtroom audience of 46 people be taken into custody and set bail at $1,500.