Voluntary self-abuse, that is Impiger old bean! Not compulsory!
I do hope you won't be one of those filling sandbags or whatever. Remember before some Taceval when we were ordered to pinch the sand from the range at WTM to fill sandbags to further Buzzy's career! But Jerry and Eric did a good job blacking out everything in the QWI office - windows, phone, chairs, walls - everything was covered in black polythene!