I’m afraid this story proves that things will not end well.
Eco-Nuts wanted to ban soft TP anyways
We better have congress take control over soft toilet paper industry before its too late.
Really?
After decades of John Wayne paper at work we just got something user friendly last week.
If it’s too soft, it won’t fix the itch!
I remember they day I bought a brand of TP other than Charmin and all I got were loud protests from my 3 sons and husband.....I have only bought Charmin since
We could always go back to using corncobs, or be like the french and use a bidet.
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Well, whether you believe it or not, there was a toilet paper shortage in the United States in 1973. The entire episode started with a Johnny Carson Tonight Show monologue. On December 19, 1973, the writers for the show had heard earlier the federal government was falling behind in getting bids to supply toilet paper and that it might be possible that in a few months the United States could face a shortage of toilet tissue. They took the words of this Wisconsin congressional representative, Harold Froehlich and decided to add a joke for Carson for the evening show.
Carson did in fact use the joke in a monologue stating, “You know what’s disappearing from the supermarket shelves? Toilet paper. There’s an acute shortage of toilet paper in the United States.”
Much to the amazement of not only the show but of toilet paper factories across America, 20 million people that watched the Carson show that evening ran out in the morning and bought as much toilet paper as they could carry. By noon on December 20, 1973, practically every store in America was out of stock. Many of the stores tried to ration this valuable paper but they could not keep up with the demand no matter what they did.
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I bought it all up and created a shortage.
Tree's beware.
We keep 4 years worth in stock (in addition to about 4 years of everything else)...just waiting for the dollar crash (which must come)...and now the VAT.
Maybe I need to double my quantity of toilet paper now.
The economy is down but paper must be doing great.
I live in the Florida panhandle and see a huge number of pulpwood trucks pass by every day. I never noticed it until I began sitting on my porch more often. I would guess several hundred a day pass by loaded and unloaded.
Lamh Foistenach Abu! If they muck with my Charmin they’ll be slitting their own throats!
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“the end is near” ping...
In his novel Candide, Voltaire wrote that chickens made the best toilet paper.
My father grew up using the Sears catalogue in the old two holer.
I bet they now toss the recyclables in the same pile as the trash.
What a joke.
Back in 1986 I went on a trip to Germany. While riding a train, I visited the restroom. I was quite surprised to see wood chips and large chunks of other stuff in the TP. It was so strange, I actually tore off a sheet and kept it to prove to the folks back home just how bad it was.