An Interesting Rule

Tracy and I were in Tesco (the UK's biggest supermarket) yesterday in Springburn, the area of Glasgow bordering Bishopbriggs. Deciding we needed a few pain killers to counteract exercise, old age, etc we tried to buy 2 packets of 16 Paracetemol (acetaminophen/ Tylenol for the Americans) tablets and 2 packets of 16 Ibuprofen caplets. Well apparently this is not allowed, even with two of us there we could only buy one packet of each. Now we could understand if there was some abuse or processing potential (the store is not in the classiest part of town)but there is not. Paracetemol can cause liver failure in large doses so there is an argument there, but there is no logic at all in the rule for Ibuprofen. Some stores in the US will sell you a bottle of 750!