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A man ambles in to a post office clutching a bundle of papers. He joins the end of the long queue and catches the attention of the women in front of him.

MAN: Excuse me, do you know where the council offices are? It says in this letter that I’ve got to go to Pilgrim’s Place.

OLD WOMAN: Pilgrim’s Place? Pilgrim’s Place! Oh yes, you go out of here to Market Square. Do you know where that is?

MAN: No, I don’t know Bedford.

OLD WOMAN: Right. Do you know the Harper Centre?

MAN: No, I don’t know Bedford.

OLD WOMAN: Do you know where Boots is?

MAN: No, I don’t know Bedford.

OLD WOMAN: Hmmm.

SECOND WOMAN: There’s no point us trying. He doesn’t know Bedford!