24th September Nothing to panic about


A woman who was caputured on CCTV with two overloaded trolleys full of turkeys, crackers, pigs in blankets, bottles of Baileys, frozen sprouts, bags of Quality Street, yards of tinsel and six pounds of of parsnips has claimed she is not panic buying at all. 

Pausing briefly whilst trying to squeeze an extra eight boxes of After Eights into her trolley, Paula Bamber spoke to Grace Under Pressure's very unexpected item in the bagging area and explained "Yeah it’s just a regular shop this luv, I get this stuff every week. It's just a coincidence that theres been a couple of news items about shelves being bare at Christmas because no-one can drive a big lorry apart from foreigners. So 12 boxes of mince pies, three cheese selections, three Christmas puddings and six bottles of Sherry, well it's just what we get every week to be honest."

"Well when I say every week obviously we like a bit of seasonal variety, cause back in March 2020 we seemed to eat quite a bit of pasta, flour, and toilet roll all washed down with a nice squirt of sanitiser gel. in fact we've still got loads in the garage if you're interested? Anyway I can't stop as I've got to meet my husband and help him to fill up our hot tub with diesel." 



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