At least Australians have options if the government bans plastic shopping bags.
Bob Newhart talks business with Orville Wright.
It's toilet paper Thunderdome down under! (Language warning).
"CNN's Ratings Collapse As Coronavirus Fears Empty American Airports".
From Powerline's "The Week in Pictures".
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Strange days have found us
Strange days have tracked us down
They're going to destroy
Our casual joys
We shall go on playing
Or find a new town...
It's a wonder humans managed to survive until toilet paper was invented.
And you thought the wheel was the most significant human invention. Have you ever seen panic buying and people fighting over tires?
Might have been some fighting over tires during rationing in WWII, but nothing on the scale of the t.p. chaos.
From the National WW II Museum web page on rationing:
Tires were the first product to be rationed, starting in January 1942, just weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Everyday consumers could no longer buy new tires; they could only have their existing tires patched or have the treads replaced. Doctors, nurses, and fire and police personnel could purchase new tires, as could the owners of buses, certain delivery trucks, and some farm tractors, but they had to apply at their local rationing board for approval. Good, functional tires became so valuable that the boards often advised auto owners to keep track of the serial numbers on their tires in case they were stolen.
Sounds like theft of tires was a bigger problem than people fighting over tires. From what I remember my parents and others talking about rationing, it was just accepted as a necessary part of the war effort, and nobody fought over rationed items. But, it was a different time back then.
Was there any queuing for goods back then though? A lot of fights happen in queues, even at late night fast-food joints here for years now, eg:
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/wild-brawl-inside-a-sydney-mcdonalds-20170109-4p5ro.html
Have you ever seen panic buying and people fighting over tires?
Don't forget Black Friday sales.
Black Friday sales.
Oh, this movie scene is so relevant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ppyMUlXfM
J: Why the big secret? People are smart, they can handle it.
K: A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it.
And here we are today. More that 18,000 Americans have died from influenza this winter, and less than 5 dozen Americans have died from the Wuhan coronavirus. Which one is causing mass panic?
A lot of fights happen in queues, even at late night fast-food joints here for years now
Crazy brawling happens at Chuck E. Cheese's pizza joints so often it's a cliche. The intoxicated don't like waiting in line as a rule.
Oh, HTML fail in the previous comment:
this movie scene
Hand sanitizer.
That's Popcorn Sutton, if I'm not mistaken. RIP to a great American.
It sure looks like him. RIP to a one of our great entrepreneurs.
Another great American philosopher saw all this coming 20 years ago.
Loved that George Carlin clip.
I thought of that very scene just the other day. K is correct about people. J had never been to a Walmart during pandemic panic.
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