Reference:- The Sky Reply prepares for a possible lockdown .

Reference :-   After watching people engaged in mortal combat over a few toilet rolls we decided it might be wise to go shopping ourselves .


 The toilet paper fiasco got me thinking , so  I told  Ken junior to take the ute into Kooralya and pick up some essential supplies in case there was a lockdown .    Dog ( that's what  we call the dog , it has a respectful ring to it )  jumped on to the bench seat , keen for a ride .   Ken junior crunched the column shift into first gear and they roared off in a cloud of dust . Dog  stuck his head out of the passenger window and panted happily .   "  You are stuffing my gearbox ! "  I shouted as they lurched across the cattle grid .

Well it didn't go entirely to plan . A new cop was in town , and he pulled Ken junior and Dog over as they  entered the 60klms zone .   First he told Ken junior that Dog  had to be restrained . Ken junior pointed out that the old Holden ute hadn't  even been manufactured with seatbelts , so it seemed ridiculous for Dog  to be restrained when the driver was not .  The cop then told Ken junior it was an offence for him to have his arm out the window .   Ken junior said the ute had no air conditioning .   The cop said that was no excuse for Ken junior's arm to be out the window . Ken junior said he had to hold the door shut or it would fly open when he hit bumps , so it was a safety issue .  Then things got worse .

 The cop asked to see Ken junior's license .  Ken junior said he was too young to get one . The cop started to chastise  Ken junior for driving without a license .  Ken junior interrupted , stating loudly  " Since when does a bloke need a bloody drivers license just to drive into Kooralya for supplies ?  What is this , some kind of fascist police state ? "    Dog growled a lot .  The cop let him off with a warning .     " Just do your shopping and get home . "  the cop said .

 Later , Ken junior returned with the essential supplies .
 " I got  6 lots of two dozen.   That's 144 , a full gross . That should see us through . "
  Young Monte looked up from the table where he was fixing a carburettor for his motorbike .
 "  That's a lot of toilet paper ! "  he said  .
  " What ? "   said Ken junior  "  who cares about toilet paper ?   I got us six cartons of beer . "

 " Thank Christ for that " ,  I thought ,   " The lad is no fool. "  

  Your comrade , Ken