86. The Marmite phenomenon
I
have written a couple of times already on Twitteretter about the strange
phenomenon which drove many in the UK, at the start of lockdown, to accumulate
unreasonable supplies of toilet paper, pasta or flour. This behaviour is, first
of all, selfish. But it is also downright weird, revealing strange fears.
However, we should not be surprised by this reaction by the Brits. We are,
after all, talking about a nation whose people have, for many years, packed
items such as Marmite and teabags when travelling on holiday to even nearby
destinations. It seems that irrational lack of supply fear is a national trait.
The unsettling panic of having to spend a day of the holidays trying local
breakfast fair (such as, for example, delicious freshly ground coffee and
exquisite Iberico ham on a bed of fresh bread toast with fresh tomato spread)
must no doubt be related to the panic of having to use water to wash your rear
end. The British spirit is assuaged by the most unlikely comforts
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