Cal.E.'s Korner

C.: d.c., I thought that you were going to write the script yesterday by yourself. I was involved in a long telephone call with my third husband, Tucker Tucker Two, a.k.a. The Cat Fighter Formerly Known As The Tuxedo (who really needs a shorter nickname) Now Simply Known As T because Triple T was Already Taken. We haven’t seen each other since he started training for his championship tag-team cat fighting matches with The Original Triple T, tom the Tabby.

d.: I’m sorry Cal.E., but I got caught up in doing something and forgot all about it.

C.: What were you doing?

d.: I’d rather not say.

C.: Okay, well, if it’s something you don’t care to discuss…

d.: Okay, okay. If you insist on knowing what I was doing I’ll tell you.

C.: You don’t have to if you don’t want to…..

d.: Well…I was buying eggs.

C.: Buying eggs at the supermarket shouldn’t have taken you all day, d.c.

d.: I wasn’t buying them at the supermarket.

C.: Then, where were you buying eggs?

d.: On the “White Market.” I’m driving home with my precious cargo now

C.: The what now?

d.: The White Market. During Covid, I bought toilet paper and tissue on it, and now I’m buying eggs. Due to the present situation with so many of the egg-laying hens being killed because of the H1N5 influenza virus, some farmers have seen a need to sell their eggs outside of the supermarket.

C.: Well, you and //Eudora do buy eggs from a local farmer, sometimes, don’t you?

d.: Yes.

C.: Then why didn’t you want to tell me what you were doing?

d.: Because Big Grocery doesn’t want the  farmers to sell directly to the public. They want to give the middle man his profit, which is a large sum of money.

C.: Okay, well, that makes sense, I suppose. How much did you pay for one dozen eggs on the White Market.

d.: I didn’t buy one dozen eggs, I bought a Baker’s dozen for the same price as the supermarket charges for one less egg.

C.: So, you spent almost five dollars, and all your free time for one day to get one extra egg for the price that one dozen eggs costs at the supermarket?

d.: Yes, why?

C.:…That’s all the time we have for today, folks. Please join us tomorrow for another episode eof Cal.E.’s Korner.