When you see a real sign like the one below I saw this week, you know that…

You are probably living in a parallel universe;

If you are not living in a parallel universe, you are probably too late to get into line;

If you are not living in a parallel universe and did indeed get into line, you will be smack in the middle of riots and looting once all of the gas is gone and people start going nuts;

If you are not living in a parallel universe, and regardless of whether or not you got into line in time, the store clerk probably lost his job for not paying attention. No one could be that inattentive, you say? Check out this true story from today’s news about a McDonald’s customer (pregnant, no less) who was accidentally served cleaning solution instead of the latte she had ordered;

If you somehow did get your gas at this price, know that you got it for about nine cents cheaper than you would have in…1930!;

When you get back to 2018 from 1930, it’s going to be painfully expensive…