My Pockets
Prudential Insurance says the contents of the average handbag is worth £577. A survey of 1700 women found that most had a bag priced at £30, a purse worth £15 with £50 cash, a £199 mobile phone, £50 sunglasses, £8 hairbrush, £40 of perfume, house and car keys that would cost £100 to replace, and a leather diary or organiser worth £35. I just emptied out my pockets. One short piece of string of no value, one lime flavoured tic-tac (slightly scuffed) and a used tissue - neither of any great value, 23 pence in small change, some fluff - no value except to a hamster, one catapult with broken elastic - no value unless repaired, small marble (slightly chipped) for use with catapult - no current value, Big Bertha's phone number on a faded scrap of paper - sentimental value only, one dry-roasted peanut - negligible value except to a squirrel, one backstage pass to The Ladyboys of Bangkok confiscated from Paquito - no longer of any value, lump of chewing gum in original foil but slightly used - only of value to someone trying to steal my DNA. The remaining contents are, of course, strictly confidential.