Soundbite.

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Overheard at the counter in a Primark store.

Customer: What's with the new paper carrier bags, then?

Sales assistant: It's 'cos we're going green, isn't it?

Customer: But they're not green; they're brown.

Sales assistant: It's because it saves electricity. Long pause.

Customer: So do they work?

Sales assistant: Nah--as soon as it rains all you've got is a pair of handles.