February 1st.
Who are these? Why sit they here in twilight?

The start of a new month. Hopefully we won't have any problems this month. Well we can hope.
We've all put bets on what breaks first.
I've got email at 3/1.
The best odds are on the midnight cut-off - that 20/1.
Someone else has gone on the sick. Now we have the office politics game. Who gets the desk and chair? Someone has already nicked his post-it notes. Poor soul, he's only been gone 5 minutes.
Ah well, until he's back (if he comes back) there'll be more work for the rest of us.