My daughter used to put the comic section of the newspaper under the cat box so the Great PV “would have something to read.” He’s been gone 35 years....I still miss him.
Your story reminds me of....
When I lived in Turkey, on the economy, guys would come around and ask to buy *anything* American.
My neighbor’s wife found out that they would pay $10. per copy of Playboy mags. Well, as it turned out, this gal’s hubbie subscribed to Playboy. The guy came around and paid her $100. for a stack of mags. Next day, he came back.....screaming at the top of his lungs in Farsi, he wanted this money back...b/c all the centerfolds were missing. The gal who sold the mags to the Turk had been ripping the centerfolds out and using them as a liner to the cat’s litterbox, b/c they *fit* perfectly. Good times. Good times.