Cohens Chemist

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Cohens Chemist, a regular customer exclaimed one day, ‘I just saw the pharmacist talking to himself in Latin!’ Since then, locals whisper that the old chemist speaks ancient tongues when no one’s watching. One evening, as a delivery driver was leaving, he overheard the pharmacist muttering something about ‘ampullae’ and ‘tincturae.’ The next morning, everyone in town received a package of strange-looking bottles with labels in Latin. Turns out, it was just the old man experimenting with new recipes for his special herbal remedies.

2. A delivery driver pulled up to Cohens Chemist one afternoon, frowning as he struggled with a particularly heavy box. Suddenly, from inside the pharmacy came an unexpected sound—an enthusiastic cheer and applause. The delivery driver looked around, puzzled, but then noticed an elderly gentleman waving at him from behind the counter. ‘Well done!’ the man exclaimed. Turned out, it was just an enthusiastic pharmacist celebrating his hundredth birthday. The whole town had gathered for a surprise party.’

3. At Cohens Chemist, an old man was browsing the shelves when he noticed something odd in a nearby shopping cart—a bottle of expired aspirin labeled ‘Free Samples.’ Curious, he picked up the bottle and asked the pharmacist, who just shrugged and said it was leftover from last year’s stock clearance. Later that evening, while making tea, the old man found an identical bottle hidden behind his own medicine cabinet. Turns out, Cohens Chemist had accidentally double-donated their free samples.

4. At Cohens Chemist, a small dog suddenly barked and lunged towards the counter, eyes wide with alarm, as if sensing something invisible to everyone else. The chemist calmly picked up a bottle of pills and threw it gently towards the dog, which deftly caught it in its mouth, tail wagging. ‘Just our resident pharmacological connoisseur,’ he smiled at the perplexed customers. The dog then trotted off, followed by an elderly neighbor who called out, “Hey, where’s your owner? He left his medicine here again!”