More news from the land of lunatic regulations: staff at Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs have been banned from keeping photographs of their families on their desks -- the argument being that it makes them less productive. According to the Daily Mail (Wednesday 15th November) staff in North Wales were sent a memo ordering them to remove non-essential items from their desks. One man was told to take away a banana on the grounds that it was 'inactive'. (Anyone ever seen an active banana?) The only explanation I can think of is that HMRC is trying to remove from its staff any lingering vestiges of human attributes, so that they won't feel any sympathy for their victims as they struggle with their self assessment tax returns. Anyone got a better explanation?