You can last longer as a shit disturber if you can locate fellow unbureaucrats within the system.

The ascension of the hot-air balloon gave us a better view.

A rap now at the door made all resound, / And in two bouncing blowings did rebound, / With two flash-men, a dandy, and a prig', / With whom they had been running of the rig.

There have been failures, of course, and especially delays due to bad steaming, and, more often, priming.