
Chucking out a few old newspapers and crisp packets doesn't take long, of course; what takes time is punching and filing all the bank statements and payslips; filling in the postcard with your latest meter readings; realising to your chagrin that you didn't bother voting in the recent elections to the committees for the ACCA, UKIP, whatever; deciding which of your children's artworks to save and which you can safely bin; dismantling all the mailshots into the paper and plastic bits to make life easy for the recycling people; and so on.
Pushing the proverbial peas around the plate
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