In these regions new occupations are either state-created ‘govvies’ or in areas such as tourism, leisure and personal care.

You are not the washer but the washee.

Hi there, young fellow.

A comical pitch of unchilled Sorkinism is reached at one point in Twenty Minutes, when he once again resorts to “asshole,” albeit under his breath, after being bumped by two buggy-pushing, cellphone-yakking moms in SoHo.