MORE ON BRITAIN’S SAD DECLINE: You can’t buy that lime… it could be classed as a weapon. “An assistant then came over and told her that more than one lime was deemed a weapon – because the citric acid could be squirted in someone’s eye.”

UPDATE: It wasn’t clear to me at first, but on rereading this was apparently a joke by the store staff. That it’s credible, however, underscores the “sad decline” point anyway.