A Pox on this Plague!

I am beginning to think that I should have had myself vaccinated when I had my puppies get their shots. They were vaccinated against canine corona – but then they give me kisses all the time so maybe there is a carry over. Meantime, I deal with shopping. Six feet seems to be the magic number. So, in line for treats and coffee, I am careful to obey the signs on the floor. I get to the business of ordering and a masked, gloved marauder has jammed her cart into my space. So, I said, “Excuse me, can you move back a bit?” And, she says, “You aren’t even wearing a mask!” Well, I lost it (not the mask). I informed “Miss Sass Mouth” that she had no excuse to invade my space! I really wanted to deck her, but then I figured out that she was jealous of the fact that I had toilet paper in my cart!

All of which brings me to the most unusual phenomenon I have yet to confront! It would seem there has been a heretofore unheard-of run on toilet paper! I don’t know why – I can only speculate. Are people pooping more and enjoying it less?! Or, is it the other way around? Honestly, it is – when you consider it – bizarre. Just to deal with it I have to buy more wine! Imagine – toilet paper is the new “must have”! Of course, there is the thought that if one buys enough toilet paper, one doesn’t have to go to the store because there won’t be any toilet paper. At least one store has told their cashiers that if a customer has say 20 rolls they need to put some back.

Then there is the word “antibacterial”. If the label of any product says this, said item is immediately “gone”. Even if it is fattening! So, this is definitely a phenomenon. I did read an interesting commentary about exercise and fitness being desirable. My suggestion is that you get off your couch and start running in place immediately. Those of us who are baby boomers (55 to 75+) remember a time when the only things we had to fear were mumps, measels, ringworm, whooping cough or polio. The good part of that? It was a one “shot” deal or a sugar cube. Interestingly, this is not the first time we have had to deal with a sort of plague situation. Remember “epidemics”? They ranged from strange cases of flu all the way to rashes and mononucleosis. I just know I did get ringworm and whooping cough.

So, the best advice I can give you is this: if you are at the store look down and follow instructions which will appear as if by magic on the floor. Hopefully, you will not be going the wrong way! The world may be utterly without certainty, but it is most certainly not beyond some sort of logic. That being said, I still don’t get it!