Where would that favourite item of retro/utilitarian mouldable furniture - the bean bag - be without the thousands of tiny polystyrene balls which fill it? I think you'll find the answer   is "quite limp". They're best kept away from tiny children mind you, and if ever your beanbag bursts or is unceremoniously jumped on by a rogue house guest, you'll find your vaccuum cleaner going hell for leather for the next six months trying to suck them all up. They're worse than glitter really aren't they? DP

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