Memories

I love when you buy Sudafed and the chemists give you the "So, you haven't bought this product anywhere else in the last week" speech just in case you're crafting an amateur amphetamines lab in the backyard and need all the pseudoephedrine you can get your hands on. Until a couple of years ago I thought this was a totally pointless exercise. Then I read about a couple of hillbillies from rural Victoria who actually tried it. They went around to every chemist in town and bought as much Sudafed as they could and when the cops showed up at their door they were trying to figure out a way to convert it all into drugs. Several stereotypes were created right there and then.