As panic buying continues to decimate our supermarkets faster than a plague of rats in a cheese factory, both toilet rolls and booze continue to fly off the shelves quicker than you can say Payday UK!

Rumour has it that even the boys in blue were called to a certain superstore yesterday after a row broke out in the alcohol section.

Yet when one Chronicle reader visited Morrison’s earlier today to get their weekly fill of Malibu and Strongbow Dark Fruits, they were surprised to find a couple of boxes of beer still remaining in an aisle which had otherwise been pretty much picked clean.

And then the penny dropped…..

We certainly are a superstitious bunch.