What price a toothbrush?

At 10.30 p.m. last night when picking up an antibiotic prescription for my son from the local night pharmacy, the next in line was a pair of elderly ladies who had driven three miles from the next village to buy a toothbrush.

What was so urgent that they needed to go out, at that time of night, to a relatively insecure area that they did not know? Surely they could have survived with furry teeth for just one night, getting up and going to their local shop at 9 a.m. this morning.

As for the price - 6 euros! That's 4.50€ for the brush, including its protective cap(!) and 1.50€ night pharmacy fee. Daylight robbery, I thought. They could have gone to the local supermarket, which closes at 11 p.m., and bought a three-pack for that price, in relative security and closer to home.

There's nowt so weird as folk, as we used to say back home.