Huge queues form outside the Chippy, often stretching back to the Coop and beyond.

A woman who has a boyfriend can wear a suit and tie, or dungarees, or a Bo Peep dress. She can cut her hair short using the kitchen scissors and pluck her eyebrows away to nothing.

Lithe and rubber necks crane as the Great Ladies (or are those Fascinating Ladies?) step daintily into the lobby, bejewelled, befurred and betiaraed.

With their entry into new high-tech industries, many nerds suddenly became millionerds.