Many nasty Soviet figure skating accidents were caused by workers' zeal for carrying agricultural and industrial implements with them wherever they went.

Such eagerness for labour is not shared by the fictional and non-fictional characters of bob'sbarnablog who, as of today, have formed a characters' soviet and refused to make further appearances in the blog under its current exploitative, capitalist directorship.

Furthermore, the new soviet has established a picket line at the entrance to the blog's premises. Hence, neither temporary nor blackleg characters (such as Ingrid Freiherr von Richthofen whose sexology clinic is pioneering new simultaneous sphincter-squeezing, Ancient Mariner-reciting, frozen halibut on the head-balancing methods to treat premature ejaculation - well, I never, she seems to have slipped through the picket line!) can gain access to the site. There will therefore be no new posts until further notice.