“One Roast-Chicken-Dinner-For-One,” says Mrs Jones.

“One Roast Chicken-Dinner-For-One,” says Clark-from-Sainsbury’s-telephone-ordering-service.

“Eight bananas,” says Mrs Jones. “As green as possible.”

“Eight bananas,” says Clark. “This is my first day.”

“Well, you’re doing very well,” says Mrs Jones. “Eight easy-peelers.”

“Eight easy-peelers. Anything else?”

“No, that’s it. Thursday afternoon delivery as usual?”

“Thursday afternoon.”

So, if you’re short of a green banana or an easy- peeler, pop round to see Mrs Jones. She has eight kilos of each.

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Julius Caesar at the new Bridge Theatre last night.  Phenomenal; awe-inspiring; brilliant. And London in the snow, looking for all the world like a Richard Curtis movie.