Float glass is sold by the square metre, and at the final stage computers translate customer requirements into patterns of cuts designed to minimise waste.

The proposed budget includes more than $1 billion in cuts that will shrink the police department through attrition, have halted some ambulance shifts, and have suspended plastic and glass recycling.

Now, I’m not sure if he eats the entire thing, but he certainly made short work of the sharp glass, without any serious cuts.