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Here’s why people are panic buying and stockpiling toilet paper to cope with coronavirus fears
CNBC ^ | Published Wed, Mar 11 20208:43 AM EDT Updated Thu, Mar 12 20202:15 AM EDT | Chloe Taylor

Posted on 03/12/2020 8:17:27 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: dfwgator

I especially love the guitar riff at the end of Sheep.


61 posted on 03/12/2020 9:18:25 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Red Badger

Forget the toilet paper. Coronavirus is a really bad cold. Stock up on kleenex!


62 posted on 03/12/2020 9:19:14 AM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: woodbutcher1963

Gilmour took it to another level on that album, Roger is still a prick, though.


63 posted on 03/12/2020 9:20:15 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: seawolf101

Now you are talking!


64 posted on 03/12/2020 9:22:21 AM PDT by Freedom56v2
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To: dfwgator

“It used to be when the SHTF people would use cigarettes as “currency”. Now it will be TP.”

Hello fellow Dallasite. In a real SHTF 22lr will trade like currency for sure, as will cigarette, booze, and females.


65 posted on 03/12/2020 9:26:33 AM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici")
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To: Sgt_Schultze

BINGO


66 posted on 03/12/2020 9:26:41 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: trisham

Less Nessman:

“Oh, the humanity!”

That has to be the best episode. LOL


67 posted on 03/12/2020 9:26:47 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Red Badger

68 posted on 03/12/2020 9:27:32 AM PDT by knarf
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To: dfwgator

Who you gonna barter with Gator, otters?

https://twitter.com/otteritarian/status/1237808009310593028

:)


69 posted on 03/12/2020 9:27:37 AM PDT by romanesq (8Chan & its child porn are kaput & all the crap with it. Trump-Pence 2020! Magacoalition.com)
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To: 1217Chic

“SMH I don’t know what the hell it’s suppose to do”

I respect the honesty and hilarious admission of the human condition.
Very entertaining!


70 posted on 03/12/2020 9:28:52 AM PDT by romanesq (8Chan & its child porn are kaput & all the crap with it. Trump-Pence 2020! Magacoalition.com)
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To: Red Badger

In the U.S., people are receiving conflicting messages.
If all else fails look what is going on around you and THINK.

Those who panic are the first to fail


71 posted on 03/12/2020 9:29:20 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Red Badger

So, Why hasn’t the big super markets imposed purchase limits on these items?? Back when the ammo was in short supply you could only buy 2 boxes of 22 ammo at a time. Why are we letting people buy entire carts full of TP??


72 posted on 03/12/2020 9:30:35 AM PDT by BobinIL
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To: Obadiah

Sheryl Crow just needs one sheet.........................


73 posted on 03/12/2020 9:31:21 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: NonValueAdded

Two weeks worth of TP , China quarantine to break the chains of infection have lasted for 6 weeks and still running. If we hit 100k+ cases we will also need 6+ weeks isolation. At minimum you need two incubation period to break a virus chain and to verify it’s broken. That’s minimum really you need three periods this bug has up to a 42 day incubation on outliers and 24 days within two deviations of the avg of 14 days. So three periods of 24 is almost exactly what China is running with right now.


74 posted on 03/12/2020 9:31:30 AM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici")
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To: BobinIL

They have. Target and Walmart announced this morning limits on TP, Sanitizer and cleaning wipes..................


75 posted on 03/12/2020 9:32:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: woodbutcher1963

It’s a classic. :)


76 posted on 03/12/2020 9:33:29 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Do what they do in third world countries. Take a mason jar of soapy water and a wash cloth to the bathroom with you. And just remember when you are cleaning yourself up after going #2, the media and the Democrats did this to us!!!


77 posted on 03/12/2020 9:34:36 AM PDT by BobinIL
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To: Red Badger

I was at Menards in the west metro of Minneapolistan this morning. I took a cruise through the TP aisle just to see. EMPTY. All your TP are not belong to us.


78 posted on 03/12/2020 9:37:07 AM PDT by shelterguy
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79 posted on 03/12/2020 9:39:23 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: 1217Chic
The Walmart in Hamburg Pa. was empty....wasn’t even looking for it but I panicked when I saw the empty shelves....

My wife is at an HEB supermarket right now. She snagged a a pack of toilet paper for us. She didn't buy a cartful, but we thought we could use another 8-pack. She also stocked up on groceries. With all the talk of "we're 10-14 days away from where Italy is", I don't see how we won't get to a "shelter in place" situation for everybody.

Canceling the Houston Rodeo here is HUGE. the Houston Rodeo is not so much about cowboys ropin' and ridin' as it is about concerts from popular entertainers (the cancelation even included everybody's favorite fat-assed singer Lizzo!). The NBA cancelation adds more fuel to the panic fire. The Park and Ride where I was waiting for my carpool partner this morning was about 35% less crowded today and traffice was the lightest it's been all week. People are either starting to self quarantine or they are out panic-buying.

80 posted on 03/12/2020 9:39:59 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
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