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Who the hell is stockpiling Dettol now..!!!

36 replies

AvalancheKit · 24/04/2020 15:53

Just been out to the local shops (I combined it with my daily exercise) no flour, no loo-roll, no eggs and now no fricking Dettol..ffs

Why is it so popular all of a sudden.

OP posts:
unfortunateevents · 24/04/2020 15:55

Perhaps someone is stupid enough to believe Donald Trump?

Soubriquet · 24/04/2020 15:55

They are injecting it to get rid of Covid Wink

BruceAndNosh · 24/04/2020 15:56

Most disinfectants and bleach have been low stock or out of stock for a while now

TheMandalorian · 24/04/2020 15:57

Camomile teabags and cleaning products were out in our tesco. All other products were on the shelves.
Very mc.

CricketCrocket · 24/04/2020 16:04

Please tell me people aren’t buying to inject because of what Trump said??!

AvalancheKit · 24/04/2020 16:10

@Soubriquet

Wink indeed!

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Redcrayons · 24/04/2020 16:14

I haven’t seen much of it for a while in Tesco.

I’d say nobody is stupid enough to think you can actually cure yourself by Drinking the stuff but the big buffoon seems to think it’s OK.

msmith501 · 24/04/2020 16:20

Bread flour also still seems in short supply despite shops having loads of bread.

MinorArcana · 24/04/2020 16:25

I’ve seen hardly any Dettol in the shops since people started panic buying. I’m a bit surprised that you haven’t had a Dettol shortage before now TBH.

Deelish75 · 24/04/2020 16:38

I haven’t been able to get dettol for weeks. Did have flash delivered last week.

timetest · 24/04/2020 16:49

Maybe Trump should start mainlining Dettol now as he’s so sure of its benefits.

CoronaIsComing · 24/04/2020 16:50

It’s for the disinfectant injections obvs 😂

Newdadtogirl · 24/04/2020 17:32

Trump outdid himself today. I wonder if the gun toting protesters in USA are stupid enough to listen to his injection advice?

coconuttelegraph · 24/04/2020 17:40

Well there's been a pandemic for weeks and people have been wiping everything with antiseptic solutions, how is it surprise that there's a shortage?

Scruffyoak · 24/04/2020 17:42

Our local shop has dettol along with everything else you listed. Try a smaller community shop close to you.

Pissflapflip · 24/04/2020 17:45

Been out of stock here for weeks

yerawizadari · 24/04/2020 17:48

I always thought that Trump was a raving nutcase,, and it turns out I was right all along.

P1nkHeartLovesCake · 24/04/2020 17:51

The same daft people that post on here saying they are washing fruit in bleach probably are injecting detail in there eyeballs tbh- wouldn’t surprise me.

In all seriousness though OP the shops here now have a small supply of own brand bleach ( limited to 1 bottle per customer) but no other cleaner bit even bathroom spray! No flour at all either

bebanjo · 24/04/2020 17:52

Try changing where you shop, Morrison’s are having trouble getting flour and eggs near me, but Aldi 5min away have had plenty every time I’ve gone in.
Regarding flour, it was on the news the mills have a shortage of flour bags for domestic customers. Plenty of sacks for commercial customers and no shortage of flour.
Just thousands more people at home baking.

Wilco have lodes of cleaning products.

iklboo · 24/04/2020 17:58

Morrison's substituted my clotted cream (for scones) with Elmlea!

Hollyhobbi · 24/04/2020 18:03

@iklboo were they delicious with a pot of tea? Smile

iklboo · 24/04/2020 18:07

@Hollyhobbi - I've not put the abomination anywhere near my lovely scones! Grin

thejollygargler · 24/04/2020 18:13

Since the French research was published this week which suggested that smokers are at much lower risk of being hospitalised with CV, the President has had to ban online sales of any products containing nicotine!

P1nkHeartLovesCake · 24/04/2020 18:15

Really thejolly some people honestly are batshit

Easilyanxious · 24/04/2020 19:24

Handsoap Round here haven't been able to get any so had to order £20 worth of bits online just to why some

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