[Luckyus]

The Way it Used to Be​

A boy returns home from running an errand for his quarantined grandfather.
He says, "Grandpa, I got all the groceries you wanted! Altogether,
it came to $47.22. Here's your change."

Grandpa says, "My goodness, the world is expensive nowadays.
When I was a boy your age, I could get five pounds of potatoes,
three loaves of bread, two pounds of beef,
a jug of milk, a tin of tobacco for my dad, and a handful of my favorite candies,
all for about five cents."

"Can't do that today, though. No siree Bob!"

"Why is that, grandpa?" asks the boy.


"Too many bloody cameras."